windows desktop
when a users logs to his windows 7 64 bit through VDI , any changes he does reverts back.
his c drive space is getting full. he cleans drive but when he logs to VDI back again c drive shows almost full again.
Also he tried to delete all the shorcuts and files on his desktop
to free up space
but when he restart vdi they come back
anything I should do should do
his c drive space is getting full. he cleans drive but when he logs to VDI back again c drive shows almost full again.
Also he tried to delete all the shorcuts and files on his desktop
to free up space
but when he restart vdi they come back
anything I should do should do
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Chances are it's simply how the gold image was created.
At it's simplest, VDI images are non persistent - they get spun up and a user connects. When the user logs off, the image is effectively destroyed and reverts back to whatever is on the gold image.
There are two possible options in this scenario - check the gold image out and remove the files (but this strongly assumes no one else requires them), or expand the virtual disk so there's more space available.
Or provide this one user a private, persistent image but this potentially becomes a management nightmare.
If there's enough space, just expand the disk would probably be the safer option.
There are other ways around it, but I'm going for the simplest choices.
At it's simplest, VDI images are non persistent - they get spun up and a user connects. When the user logs off, the image is effectively destroyed and reverts back to whatever is on the gold image.
There are two possible options in this scenario - check the gold image out and remove the files (but this strongly assumes no one else requires them), or expand the virtual disk so there's more space available.
Or provide this one user a private, persistent image but this potentially becomes a management nightmare.
If there's enough space, just expand the disk would probably be the safer option.
There are other ways around it, but I'm going for the simplest choices.
Windows OS using VMWare Workstation, Oracle Box?
If VMWare ESXi, what version? How as the VDI instance allocated from storage perspective?
Citrix XenDesktop VDI?
Using MCS or PVS?
What version?