8.7.4. Deallocating Virtual Machines
Now, you will shut down the virtual machine and return it to the pool. Because the virtual machine you used is part of a shared resource, the changes you made will not be persistent.
Procedure 8.4. To Deallocate a Virtual Machine
- Make a note of the name of the virtual machine, and then shut it down by clicking the
button. It is now deallocated and returned to the pool.
- Now, select the virtual machine pool and click
to allocate a virtual machine again.
- You might get a different virtual machine from the pool, or the same virtual machine; check the name of the virtual machine that has been allocated.If it is the same virtual machine, you can check that the desktop has been rebuilt and thus retains only the settings specified in the template from which it was created. To do so, log in to the virtual desktop and verify that the changes you made previously have been discarded.