Administration

Usage Notes
To ensure high availability, View allows you to configure one or more replica View Connection Server
instances in a View Connection Server group. If you disable a View Connection Server instance in a
group, the entry for the server persists within the View configuration.
You can also use the vdmadmin command with the -S option to remove a security server from your View
environment. You do not have to use this option if you intend to upgrade or reinstall a security server
without removing it permanently.
To make the removal permanent, perform these tasks:
1 Uninstall the View Connection Server instance or security server from the Windows Server computer
by running the View Connection Server installer.
2 Remove the Adam Instance VMwareVDMDS program from the Windows Server computer by running
the Add or Remove Programs tool.
3 On another View Connection Server instance, use the vdmadmin command to remove the entry for
the uninstalled View Connection Server instance or security server from the configuration.
If you want to reinstall View on the removed systems without replicating the View configuration of the
original group, restart all the View Connection Server hosts in the original group before performing the
reinstallation. This prevents the reinstalled View Connection Server instances from receiving configuration
updates from their original group.
Options
The -s option specifies the NetBIOS name of the View Connection Server instance or security server to
be removed.
Examples
Remove the entry for the View Connection Server instance connsvr3.
vdmadmin -S -r -s connsvr3
Providing Secondary Credentials for Administrators Using
the ‑T Option
You can use the vdmadmin command with the -T option to provide Active Directory secondary credentials
to administrator users.
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