Skip to main content

August 25, 2026

Protecting Writable Volumes

Omnissa App Volumes employs a default protection mechanism to prevent accidental deletion of attached VMDK volumes.

You can override this default protection by setting the CV_NO_PROTECT environment variable to 1.

CAUTION:

With the CV_NO_PROTECT=1 setting, there is no protection in place for volumes and might result in the loss of a user's Writable Volumes.

If you delete a VM, vSphere deletes any writable disks that are attached.

Note: Do not use the CV_NO_PROTECT variable when App Volumes is configured to use Writable Volumes.

Was this page helpful?

Provide feedback for this topic

Was this topic helpful?

Please do not include any personal or confidential information.

Generating link…