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Persistent Guest VMs

A persistent guest VM is a VM that is assigned to a particular user. There are two ways a guest VM can be made persistent:

  • When you publish a resource from a guest VM, you can select the Persistent option, in which case a VM is assigned to the first user who launches the resource from it. See Publishing an Application from a Guest VM for an example of the Persistent option (other types of resource also have it).
  • You can directly assign a guest VM to a specific user in the Virtual Guest List dialog on on the Persistent Guest VMs tab page (see below).

To view persistent guest VMs:

  1. In the Parallels RAS Console, navigate to Farm / VDI Hosts.
  2. Select the Persistent Guest VMs tab page in the right pane.

The Persistent Guest VMs list contains guest VMs that are currently assigned to a particular user. The information includes user name, guest VM name, pool name, VDI host, last time a VM was used, etc.

You can make a persistent guest VM non-persistent by doing one of the following:

  • Select a guest VM on the Persistent Guest VMs tab page and then click Tasks > Unassign. To remove all guest VMs from this list, click Tasks > Unassign All. This will remove persistence if you decide that it's no longer required (e.g. a VM hasn't been used by the user for a long time).
  • Use the Auto remove persistence if guest VM was not used for drop-down menu to define an automatic removal rule. In the menu, select the time period after which persistence should be automatically removed. You can also type any desired time period, such as "1 week 3 days".

You can also assign a non-persistent guest VM to a user in this dialog. To do so:

  • Click Tasks > Assign.
  • The User Assignment dialog opens displaying a list of non-persistent guest VMs.
  • Type a user name in the User field (or click the button next to it to select a user).
  • Select a VM in the list to assign it to the specified user.
  • Click OK to save the assignment and close the dialog.