Creating a snapshot for linked clones

The first virtual desktop machine we are going to prepare for delivery is for the Windows 7 non-persistent, linked clone virtual desktop machine. To prepare this image for delivery, we will need to take a snapshot of the virtual desktop machine using vCenter and the vSphere web client. Once you have taken the snapshot, it can then be used by the View Administrator to create a new desktop pool for virtual desktop machines, which is built using Linked Clones. It will be used to create the replica in View Composer:

  1. To create the snapshot, log into the vSphere Web Client and navigate to the Windows 7 Gold Image virtual desktop machine (1), ensuring that it's powered off before you do this.
  2. Click on the virtual ...

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