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:

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 Microsoft tools or third-party solutions. Once a user profile has been completely and successfully migrated to UDD, it will no longer reside on the network share and its contents will only be accessible after you attach UDD (a .vmdk file) to a virtual machine.