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Table 5‑1. lmvutil Command Authentication Options
Option Description
--authAs
Specifies the user name of a View administrator user. Do not use domain\username or
user principal name (UPN) format.
--authDomain
Specifies the fully qualified domain name for the View administrator user specified
in the --authAs option.
--authPassword Specifies the password for the View administrator user specified in the --authAs
option. Typing "*" instead of a password causes the lmvutil command to prompt
for the password and does not leave sensitive passwords in the command history on
the command line.
For example, the following lmvutil command logs in the user domainEast\adminEast and initializes the
Cloud Pod Architecture feature.
lmvutil --authAs adminEast --authDomain domainEast --authPassword "*" --initialize
You must use the authentication options will all lmvutil command options except for --help and
--verbose.
lmvutil Command Output
The lmvutil command returns 0 when an operation succeeds and a failure-specific non-zero code when an
operation fails.
The lmvutil command writes error messages to standard error. When an operation produces output, or
when verbose logging is enabled (--verbose option), the lmvutil command writes output to standard
output.
The lmvutil command outputs US English only.
lmvutil Command Options
You use the command options of the lmvutil command to specify the operation that you want to perform.
IMPORTANT All options are preceded by two dashes (--).
Table 5‑2. lmvutil Command Options
Option Description
--activatePendingCertificate
Activates a pending SSL certificate. See “Activating a
Pending Certificate,” on page 65.
--addGroupEntitlement
Associates a user group with a global entitlement. See
“Adding a User or Group to a Global Entitlement,” on
page 57.
--addPoolAssociation
Associates a desktop pool with a global entitlement. See
“Adding a Desktop Pool to a Global Entitlement,” on
page 56.
--addUserEntitlement
Associates a user with a global entitlement. See “Adding a
User or Group to a Global Entitlement,” on page 57
--assignPodToSite
Assigns a pod to a site. See “Assigning a Pod to a Site,” on
page 50.
--createGlobalEntitlement
Creates a global entitlement. See “Creating a Global
Entitlement,” on page 52.
--createSite
Creates a site. See “Creating a Site,” on page 50.
--createGroupHomeSite
Associates a user group with a home site. See “Configuring
a Home Site,” on page 59.
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