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Table Of Contents
- Administering View Cloud Pod Architecture
- Contents
- Administering View Cloud Pod Architecture
- Introduction to Cloud Pod Architecture
- Designing a Cloud Pod Architecture Topology
- Setting Up a Cloud Pod Architecture Environment
- Initialize the Cloud Pod Architecture Feature
- Join Pods to the Pod Federation
- Find and Change a Pod Name
- Create and Configure a Global Entitlement
- Create and Configure a Site
- Assign a Home Site to a User or Group
- Test a Cloud Pod Architecture Configuration
- Sample Scenario: Setting Up a Basic Cloud Pod Architecture Environment
- Managing a Cloud Pod Architecture Environment
- View a Cloud Pod Architecture Configuration
- View Pod Federation Health in View Administrator
- View Desktop Sessions in a Pod Federation
- Determine the Effective Home Site for a User
- Add a Pod to a Site
- Remove a Pod From a Pod Federation
- Modifying Global Entitlements
- Remove a Home Site Association
- Disable the Cloud Pod Architecture Feature
- lmvutil Command Reference
- Index
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To remove a group from a global entitlement, run the lmvutil command with the
--removeGroupEntitlement option.
You can run this command on any View Connection Server instance in the pod federation.
lmvutil --removeGroupEntitlement --groupName domain\groupname --entitlementName name
Option Description
--groupName
Specifies the name of the group to remove from the global entitlement. Use
the format domain\groupname.
--entitlementName
Specifies the name of the global entitlement to modify.
For example:
lmvutil --authAs adminEast --authDomain domainEast --authPassword "*"
--removeGroupEntitlement --groupName domainCentral\adminCentralGroup --entitlementName
"Agent Sales"
Modify Attributes or Policies for a Global Entitlement
You can modify the scope, description, and other attributes of a global entitlement. You can also disable or
enable a previously disabled global entitlement.
Prerequisites
Become familiar with the lmvutil command authentication options and requirements and verify that you
have sufficient privileges to run the lmvutil command. See “lmvutil Command Authentication,” on
page 43.
Procedure
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On any View Connection Server instance in the pod federation, run the lmvutil command with the
--updateGlobalEntitlement option.
lmvutil --updateGlobalEntitlement --entitlementName name [--scope scope] [--description text]
[--disabled] [--enabled] [--fromHome] [--disableFromHome] [--multipleSessionAutoClean] [--
disableMultipleSessionAutoClean] [--requireHomeSite] [--disableRequiredHomeSite] [--
defaultProtocol protocol]
Option Description
--entitlementName
Specifies the name of the global entitlement to modify.
--scope
(Optional)
Specifies the scope of the global entitlement. Valid values are as follows:
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ANY - View looks for desktops on any pod in the pod federation.
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SITE - View looks for desktops only on pods within the same site as
the pod to which the user is connected.
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LOCAL - View looks for desktops only in the pod to which the user is
connected.
--description
(Optional) Specifies a description of the global entitlement. The description
can contain between 1 and 1024 characters.
--disabled
(Optional) Disables a previously enabled global entitlement.
--enabled
(Optional) Enables a previously disabled global entitlement.
--fromHome
(Optional) If the user has a home site, causes View to look for desktops on
the user's home site. If the user does not have a home site, View begins
searching for desktops on the site to which the user is currently connected.
--disableFromHome
(Optional) Disables the --fromHome option functionality if the
--fromHome option was previously specified for the global entitlement.
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