In vWorkspace 6.0 one of the many features we have released is the virtual machine reconfiguration tool.  This tool allows changes to virtual machine memory and virtual disks.

This introduces the ability to change the virtual machines disk mode.  The available modes are Persistent and Non Persistent. When using non persistent disks changes are not saved during the session and are lost at the end of the session (that is, when the virtual machine is powered off or reset). Non persistent  disks are convenient for people who always want to start with a virtual machine in the exactly the same state. 

Example use cases include providing environments for software testing, technical support users, demonstrations of software, or maybe to provide software installation classes for students.

As with many features in vWorkspace there is great flexibility in how you can leverage the disk non persistence feature. To help you understand how this feature can be used, we have created a small guide. The guide will describe the following:

• Supported Virtualization Platforms
• More detail on disk persistence
• Use cases
• How to configure disks on newly deployed virtual machines
• How to configure disks on existing virtual machines
• The methods to revert to the original virtual machine state
• Other considerations

Download the guide here.

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