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Introduction

Roles with access

Only administrators have the ability to make modifications in this section. Managers can only view information of their category.

The following section provides a detailed view of disk information. Here, administrators or managers can consult relevant data such as used and total disk size, as well as their current status, including if they have been deleted or have encountered any error for any reason.

Storage files

Disk creation

It is possible to create storage disks that are not associated with any virtual machine. To do so, press the button :

Then, this window will appear, where you must fill in the following fields:

  • Owner: The user owner of the disk.
  • Type: The type of element for which the disk is created. It can be Desktop (virtual desktop), Media (media), Template (template), or Volatile (temporary/volatile desktop).
  • Priority: The priority with which the disk creation task should be executed.
  • New disk format: The disk format.
  • Size: The size of the disk in GB.

Disk information parameters

Meaning of the displayed columns:

Shows the disk status.

Depending on the disk origin, it will have a different storage path:

  • /isard/groups: desktop disks.
  • /isard/templates: template disks.
  • /isard/volatile: temporary desktop disks.

Unique disk identifier.

Disk format.

Disk size defined at virtual machine creation. Can be expanded in the disk editing options.

Amount of disk memory already used.

Unique identifier of the disk on which it depends, i.e., the base disk.

User who created the desktop or template, and thus the disk.

Category of the user who created or modified the disk.

Number of desktops or templates using this disk.

Permissions the user has over the disk:

  • r: read permission.
  • w: write permission.

If write permission exists, read permission also exists.

Last disk modification.

Can show a dash '-', indicating no action available, or the following button:

  • Show last task info : Opens a modal with information about the last task executed on the disk.

The buttons following this section are:

  • Find in storage : Queries the database to verify if the disk UUID really exists.
  • Delete scheduler : Deletes pending tasks from the queue associated with the disk if they are waiting for the virtual desktop to stop.

Disk editing options

There are several options available to modify the disk:

  • Move to another path : Allows moving the disk to another mount point, changing or not the Storage pool. If you want to move within the same Storage pool, select "Within same storage pool". If you want to move to another Storage pool, select "To a different storage pool".

You can specify the priority of the task to be executed.

You must select which tool to use to transfer the disk between mount points.

The priority determines the order and importance with which this maintenance task must be carried out.

  • Add Windows registry : Enables the use of Windows registry, which allows modifying internal operating system configurations through its configuration database.

The priority determines the order and importance with which this maintenance task must be carried out.

  • Increase disk size : Allows increasing the disk size.

The priority determines the order and importance with which this maintenance task must be carried out.

  • Create new disk derivated from this one : Creates a derived disk from the current disk.

The priority determines the order and importance with which this maintenance task must be carried out.

  • Sparsify disk : Compacts the disk, freeing up space. Derived disks keep information from base disks, including data that may no longer be present on the current disk. For example, if Firefox was installed on an initial template and later removed on the derived desktop, this information remains on the disk. This tool helps free space.

The priority determines the order and importance with which this maintenance task must be carried out.

  • Disconnect storage from backing chain : Converts an incremental disk (derived from a template) into a completely independent disk from its base disk ("Parent storage").

Desktops created from a template only store modifications made. This implies that the incremental disk depends on the original disk to function properly.

This option merges the content of the main disk with that of the incremental disk, generating a full disk that depends on no other.

For more details about how template and desktop disks work, see the Templates section.

The priority determines the order and importance with which this maintenance task must be carried out.

Storages in other status

This section shows disks that are not in the Ready state.

You can filter by status:

  • Deleted: Deleted disks.
  • Orphan: Disks that have lost association with the original desktop or template. They are still kept in the system but are no longer connected to any active entity. They may occupy unnecessary space.
  • Maintenance: Disks in maintenance, either due to migration, disconnection, overwriting or other temporary technical operations.

Storage files found with duplicated UUIDs

Here disks with duplicated unique identifiers are shown.

You can filter by status:

  • Invalid: The disk file name is not valid.
  • Bad_path: The disk file path is incorrect, either because it does not exist or is incorrect.