Maintaining desktops deployed using VMware Horizon View requires a different approach depending on what desktop type you have selected. Full clone desktops are typically managed using the same techniques as traditional physical desktops, as each is a fully independent virtual machine with dedicated underlying virtual hard disks. Many organizations choose full clone desktops for this reason as they can continue to manage them using tools and procedures that are already in place.
Linked-clone desktops are an entirely different matter, especially if you wish to minimize the amount of per-desktop storage that is required. If an organization were to manage its linked-clone desktops using the same traditional techniques used with physical or full clone desktops, they would find that over time those desktops used more and more storage space, negating the benefits of using linked-clone desktops.
This chapter will focus primarily on managing linked-clone...