Chapter 7. Working with Writable Volumes

In this chapter, we will take a much deeper look into Writable Volumes, how they work, and how to create them, before finally demonstrating Writable Volumes in action.

We will also look at some of the best practices of how to build a Writable Volume with particular attention to the dos and don'ts.

At the end of this chapter, you will be able to create, assign, and deliver a Writable Volume to an end user as well as perform ongoing management tasks.

The steps we will work through follow three distinct topics: create, assign, and consume:

So, just as a quick recap, a Writable Volume is an empty virtual hard disk, or VMDK file, that is attached to a virtual desktop machine when a user who has been assigned a Writable Volume logs in. The Writable Volume itself contains any user-installed applications or user profile information.

The user effectively owns that Writable Volume and it will be attached to whichever virtual desktop machine they...