Administration

The additional options that you can use depend on the command option. This topic focuses on the
options for message security mode. For the other options, which relate to Cloud Pod Architecture,
see the Administering Cloud Pod Architecture in Horizon 7 document.
By default, the path to the vdmutil command executable file is C:\Program
Files\VMware\VMware View\Server\tools\bin. To avoid entering the path on the command
line, add the path to your PATH environment variable.
Authentication
You must run the command as a user who has the Administrators role. You can use Horizon
Administrator to assign the Administrators role to a user. See Chapter 6 Configuring Role-Based
Delegated Administration.
The vdmutil command includes options to specify the user name, domain, and password to use
for authentication.
Table 2-5. vdmutil Command Authentication Options
Option Description
--authAs Name of a Horizon 7 administrator user. Do not use domain\username or user principal
name (UPN) format.
--authDomain Fully qualified domain name for the Horizon 7 administrator user specified in the --authAs
option.
--authPassword Password for the Horizon 7 administrator user specified in the --authAs option. Entering
"*" instead of a password causes the vdmutil command to prompt for the password and
does not leave sensitive passwords in the command history on the command line.
You must use the authentication options with all vdmutil command options except for --help and
--verbose.
Options Specific to JMS Message Security Mode
The following table lists only the vdmutil command-line options that pertain to viewing, setting,
or monitoring the JMS message security mode. For a list of the arguments you can use with a
specific option, use the --help command-line option.
The vdmutil command returns 0 when an operation succeeds and a failure-specific non-zero
code when an operation fails. The vdmutil command writes error messages to standard error.
When an operation produces output, or when verbose logging is enabled by using the --verbose
option, the vdmutil command writes output to standard output, in US English.
Table 2-6. vdmutil Command Options
Option Description
--activatePendingConnectionServerCertificatesActivates a pending security certificate for a Connection Server
instance in the local pod.
--countPendingMsgSecStatus Counts the number of machines preventing a transition to or from
Enhanced mode.
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