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Disable or Enable View Connection Server
You can disable a View Connection Server instance to prevent users from logging in to their View desktops.
After you disable an instance, you can enable it again.
When
you disable a View Connection Server instance, users who are currently logged in to View desktops are
not affected.
Your View Manager deployment determines how users are affected by disabling an instance.
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If this is a single, standalone View Connection Server instance, users cannot log in to their desktops. They
cannot connect to View Connection Server.
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If this is a replicated View Connection Server instance, your network topology determines whether users
can be routed to another replicated instance. If users can access another instance, they can log in to their
desktops.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, click View Configuration > Servers.
2 In the View Connection Servers panel, select the View Connection Server instance.
3 Click Disable.
You can enable the instance again by clicking Enable.
Edit the External URLs
You can use View Administrator to edit external URLs for View Connection Server instances and security
servers.
By default, a View Connection Server or security server host can be contacted only by tunnel clients that reside
within the same network. Tunnel clients that run outside of your network must use a client-resolvable URL to
connect to a View Connection Server or security server host.
When users connect to View desktops with the PCoIP display protocol, View Client can make a further
connection to the PCoIP Secure Gateway on the View Connection Server or security server host. To use the
PCoIP Secure Gateway, a client system must have access to an IP address that allows the client to reach the
View Connection Server or security server host. You specify this IP address in the PCoIP external URL.
Both the secure tunnel external URL and PCoIP external URL must be the addresses that client systems use to
reach this host. For example, if you configure a View Connection Server host, do not specify the secure tunnel
external URL for this host and the PCoIP external URL for a paired security server.
NOTE You cannot edit the external URLs for a security server that has not been upgraded to View Connection
Server 4.5 or later.
Procedure
1
In View Administrator, click View Configuration > Servers.
Option Action
View Connection Server instance
Select the View Connection Server instance in the View Connection Servers
panel and click Edit.
Security server
Select the security server in the Security Servers panel and click Edit.
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