Administration

n Displaying Information About Users Using the ‑U Option
You can use the vdmadmin command with the -U option to display detailed information about
users.
n Unlocking or Locking Virtual Machines Using the ‑V Option
You can use the vdmadmin command with the -V option to unlock or lock virtual machines in
the data center.
n Detecting and Resolving LDAP Entry and Schema Collisions Using the -X Option
You can use the vdmadmin command with the -X option to detect and resolve LDAP entry
collisions and LDAP schema collisions on replicated Connection Server instances in a group.
You can also use this option to detect and resolve LDAP schema collisions in a Cloud Pod
Architecture environment.
vdmadmin Command Usage
The syntax of the vdmadmin command controls its operation.
Use the following form of the vdmadmin command from a Windows command prompt.
vdmadmin command_option [additional_option argument] ...
The additional options that you can use depend on the command option.
By default, the path to the vdmadmin command executable file is C:\Program
Files\VMware\VMware View\Server\tools\bin. To avoid having to enter the path on the
command line, add the path to your PATH environment variable.
n vdmadmin Command Authentication
You must run the vdmadmin command as a user who is in the Administrators role for a
specified action to succeed.
n vdmadmin Command Output Format
Some vdmadmin command options allow you to specify the format of the output information.
n vdmadmin Command Options
You use the command options of the vdmadmin command to specify the operation that you
want it to perform.
vdmadmin Command Authentication
You must run the vdmadmin command as a user who is in the Administrators role for a specified
action to succeed.
You can use Horizon Administrator to assign the Administrators role to a user. See Chapter 6
Configuring Role-Based Delegated Administration.
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