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Recomposing a System Disk

Scenario

If a purchased desktop pool needs to be restored to the initial template or desktop pool applications and patches need to be updated in batches, the administrator can recompose or change the system disk.

Impact on the System

If you recompose the system disk, the data (such as the desktop and favorites) on the system disk will be lost. If the data is needed after recomposing the system disk, ask the user to back up the data in advance. Recomposing the system disk does not affect data disks.

Constraints

When recomposing the system disk, if the desktop pool uses a private image, ensure that the private image still exists.

Prerequisites

The system disk can be recomposed only when the running status of the desktop pool is running or stopped.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the console.
  2. In the navigation pane, choose Desktop Management > Desktop Pool.

    The Desktop Pool page is displayed.

  3. You can access the page for recomposing the system disk of a desktop pool in either of the following ways:

    Method 1:

    Locate the row that contains the desktop pool whose system disk is to be recomposed, click More in the Operation column, and select rebuild the OS.

    The dialog box of recomposing a system disk is displayed.

    Method 2:

    On the desktop pool page, click the name of the desktop pool whose system disk is to be recomposed. The basic information page of the desktop pool is displayed.

    Click Rebuild the system disk on the right of the Image column in the desktop pool information. The dialog box of recomposing a system disk is displayed.

  4. Configure the system disk to be recomposed, as shown in Table 1.

    Table 1 Basic configurations

    Parameter

    Description

    Example

    Reestablishment Mode

    Reinstall OS: The original desktop image is used to recompose the system disk.

    Reinstall OS

    OS

    Select Windows or Linux as required.

    Windows

    Rebuild Method

    Select a mode for recomposing the system disk as required.

    • Forcible Restart Immediately: After you click OK in 5, the system disk recomposing starts.
    • Restart in 1 minute: The system disk recomposing starts 1 minute after you click OK in 5.
    • Restart in 5 minutes: The system disk recomposing starts 5 minutes after you click OK in 5.
    • Restart in 10 minutes: The system disk recomposing starts 10 minutes after you click OK in 5.
    • Restart in 15 minutes: The system disk recomposing starts 15 minutes after you click OK in 5.

    Forcible Restart Immediately

    Notice Users

    Select whether to notify users that the system disks of their desktops need recomposing. After a user logs in, a notification message is displayed on the desktop.

    Not notice

    Notification Message

    After selecting Notice, you can customize the content displayed in the pop-up window on the desktop.

    -

    Enter rebuild to confirm the system disk recomposing.

    Enter rebuild in the text box as prompted.

    rebuild

  5. Click OK. The system recomposes the desktop system disk using the selected method.
  6. (Optional) Wait until the desktop status becomes Running. Contact the user to check and change the disk status of the desktop by referring to How Do I Do If Data Disks of a Windows Desktop Cannot Be Found After Recomposing the System Disk?

    This operation is needed only when you rebuild a Windows desktop.

Parent topic: Desktop Pools