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Description of hard disks feature
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This feature creates non-persistent hard disks on the hypervisor datastore. When the user undeploys the VM or detaches the hard disk the platform will destroy the data on the hard disk.
To use this feature, go to Virtual datacenters → open Virtual appliance → Virtual machines → edit virtual machine → Storage → add → select Assign virtual disk.
Default access to the hard disks feature
The virtual hard disks feature is enabled for the platform and the cloud administrator user only.
Control access to the hard disks feature
To disable the option to create a hard disk when configuring a VM, go to Configuration → General → Edit → deselect Show virtual machine hard disk tab option.
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