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Table 5‑1. vdmutil Command Authentication Options
Option Description
--authAs
Name of a View administrator user. Do not use domain\username or user principal name (UPN) format.
--authDomain
Fully qualified domain name or Netbios name of the domain for the View administrator user specified in the
--authAs option.
--authPassword
Password for the View 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.
Command Output
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.
Commands for Managing Enrollment Servers
You must add one enrollment server for each domain. You can also add a second enrollment server and
later designate that server to be used as a backup.
For readability, the options shown in the following table do not represent the complete command you
would enter. Only the options specific to the particular task are included. For example, one row shows the
--environment --list --enrollmentServers options, but the vdmUtil command you would actually
enter also contains options for authentication and for specifying that you are configuring True SSO:
vdmUtil --authAs admin-role-user --authDomain netbios-name --authPassword admin-user-password --
truesso --environment --list --enrollmentServers
For more information about the authentication options, see Command-line Reference for Configuring True
SSO.
Table 5‑2. vdmutil truesso Command Options for Managing Enrollment Servers
Command and Options Description
--environment --add --enrollmentServer enroll-
server-fqdn
Adds the specified enrollment server to the environment, where enroll-
server-fqdn is the FQDN of the enrollment server. If the enrollment server
has already been added, when you run this command, nothing happens.
--environment --remove --enrollmentServer
enroll-server-fqdn
Removes the specified enrollment server from the environment, where
enroll-server-fqdn is the FQDN of the enrollment server. If the enrollment
server has already been removed, when you run this command, nothing
happens.
--environment --list --enrollmentServers
Lists the FQDNs of all enrollment servers in the environment.
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