Performing linked clone desktop maintenance

In this section, we will look at the different techniques used to perform maintenance on linked clone desktop pools, or individual linked clone desktops themselves.

Refreshing linked clone desktops

The following steps outline how to refresh a linked clone desktop pool using the Horizon Administrator console:

  1. Log in to the Horizon Administrator console using an AD account that has administrative permissions within Horizon.
  2. Open the Catalog | Desktop Pools window within the console.
  3. In the Desktop Pools window (shown in the following screenshot), click on the linked clone pool you wish to refresh. In our example, we will click on the pool titled AppVolumes-W10 to open the AppVolumes-W10 window:
  4. On the right ...

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