You can remove the connection between View and the VMware Horizon View Composer service that is associated with a vCenter Server instance.
About this task
Before you disable the connection to View Composer, you must remove from View all the linked-clone virtual machines that were created by View Composer. View prevents you from removing View Composer if any associated linked clones still exist. After the connection to View Composer is disabled, View cannot provision or manage new linked clones.
Procedure
- Remove the linked-clone desktop pools that were created by View Composer.
- Select .
- On the vCenter Servers tab, select the vCenter Server instance with which View Composer is associated.
- Click Edit.
- Under View Composer Server Settings, click Edit, select Do not use View Composer, and click OK.
Results
You can no longer create linked-clone desktop pools in this vCenter Server instance, but you can continue to create and manage full virtual-machine desktop pools in the vCenter Server instance.
What to do next
If you intend to install View Composer on another host and reconfigure View to connect to the new VMware Horizon View Composer service, you must perform certain additional steps. See Migrate View Composer Without Linked-Clone Virtual Machines.