Performing instant clone desktop maintenance

In this section, we will look at the different techniques that are used to perform maintenance on instant clone desktop pools or individual instant clone desktops.

Updating the instant clone desktop parent image

Because of the stateless nature of instant clone desktops, the process used to replace their base images is called push image rather than recompose. Since instant clone desktops do not save their state, all that is really performed during a push image operation is the base VM that the desktops are dependent on is replaced with an updated version.

A push image operation does require that the desktops be briefly powered off, but the operation can be delayed until the current...