An administrator must have certain privileges to manage persistent disks in Horizon Console.

The following table lists common persistent disk management tasks and shows the privileges that are required to perform each task. You perform these tasks on the Persistent Disks page in Horizon Console.

Table 1. Persistent Disk Management Tasks and Privileges
Task Required Privileges
Detach a disk.
  • If the disk is a secondary disk, the Manage Persistent Disks privilege is required.
  • If the disk is a primary disk, the Manage Persistent Disks and Manage Machine privileges are required.
  • To detach any disk on a different datastore, the Manage vCenter Configuration (Read only) privilege is also required for the administrator.
Attach a disk. Manage Persistent Disks on the disk and Manage Machine on the machine.
Edit a disk. Manage Persistent Disks on the disk and Manage Farms and Desktop and Application Pools on the selected pool.
Change access groups. Manage Persistent Disks on the source and target access groups.
Recreate a desktop. Manage Persistent Disks on the disk and Manage Farms and Desktop and Application Pools or Manage Machine on the last desktop pool.
Import from vCenter. Manage Persistent Disks on the disk and Manage vCenter Configuration (Read only).
Delete a disk. Manage Persistent Disks on the disk.