5.2

The SviConfig
utility is located on the computer on which View Composer is installed in the following location:
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32-bit computers:
Install_drive \Program Files\VMware\VMware View Composer
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64-bit computers:
Install_drive \Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware View Composer
IMPORTANT Only experienced View Composer administrators should use the SviConfig utility. This utility is
intended to resolve issues relating to the View Composer service.
Take these steps:
1 Verify that the View Composer service is running.
2 From a Windows command prompt on the View Composer computer, run the SviConfig
RemoveSviClone command in the following form:
sviconfig -operation=removesviclone
-VmName=
virtual machine name
[-AdminUser= local administrator username ]
-AdminPassword= local administrator password
[-ServerUrl= View Composer server URL ]
For example:
sviconfig -operation=removesviclone -vmname=MyLinkedClone
-adminuser=Admin -adminpassword=Pass -serverurl=ViewComposerURL
The VmName and AdminPassword parameters are required. The default value of the AdminUser parameter is
Administrator. The default value of the ServerURL parameter is https://localhost:
18443/SviService/v2_0
For more information about removing virtual machine information from View LDAP, see VMware Knowledge
Base article 2015112: Manually deleting linked clones or stale virtual desktop entries from VMware View Manager 4.5
and later.
Finding and Unprotecting Unused View Composer Replicas
Under certain conditions, View Composer replicas might remain in vCenter Server when they no longer have
any linked clones associated with them.
Problem
An unused replica remains in a vCenter Server folder. You are unable to remove the replica by using vSphere
Client.
Cause
Network outages during View Composer operations, or removing the associated linked clones directly from
vSphere without using the proper View commands, might leave an unused replica in vCenter Server.
Replicas are protected entities in vCenter Server. They cannot be removed by ordinary vCenter Server or
vSphere Client management commands.
Solution
Use the SviConfig FindUnusedReplica command to find the replica in a specified folder. You can use the -
Move parameter to move the replica to another folder. The -Move parameter unprotects an unused replica before
moving it.
IMPORTANT Only experienced View Composer administrators should use the SviConfig utility. This utility is
intended to resolve issues relating to the View Composer service.
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