Using VMware View user data disks

VMware View provides the ability to store a user's profile in a user data disk. The user data disk is tethered to a specific vDesktop in the VDI.

The following figure is an illustration that shows the user of a user data disk for profile management:

Using VMware View user data disks

VMware View provides the ability to redirect a user's profile to a persistent user data disk. This disk is separate from the other disks that make up a user's vDesktop; however, a user's UDD can only be attached to one vDesktop at a time. Furthermore, UDDs can only be used with persistent desktop pools.

User profiles can be migrated to a UDD through the use of standard ...

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