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View Manager Administration Guide
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EntertheusernameofaVirtualCenteruseroradministratorinthe
User nametextbox.IfyouwanttoselectaVirtualCenteruserwhoisnot
anadministratorbuthastherequisitelevelofauthority,ensurethattheir
rolemeetsthecriteriadescribedin“VirtualCenterPermissionsforView
ManagerUsers”onpage 36.
Enterthepasswordthatcorrespondstotheusernameenteredabovein
thePasswordtextbox.
(Optional)EnteradescriptionforthisVirtualCenterserverinthe
Descriptiontextbox.
IfyouwillbeconnectingtotheVirtualCenterthroughasecurechannel
(SSL)thenmakesuretheConnectusingSSLcheckboxischecked.Thisis
thedefaultsetting.
EntertheTCPportnumberinthePorttextbox.Thedefaultis443.
(Optional)IfyouclicktheAdvancedbuttonyoumayalsoconfigurethe
followingsettings:
Maximumnumberofconcurrentprovisioningoperations—Thisisthe
maximumnumberofvirtualmachinesthatwillbesimultaneously
createdbyViewManagerinVirtualCenteratanygiventime.
Maximumnumberofconcurrentpoweroperations—Thisisthe
maximumnumberofconcurrentpoweroperations(startup,shutdown,
suspendandsoforth)thatwilltakeplaceonViewManagermanaged
virtualmachinesinVirtualCenteratanygiventime.
ClickOKtostoretheVirtualCentersettings.
UnderAdministrators,clickAddandusetheformprovidetogrant
administrativerightstotheActiv eDirectoryuserswhoyouwanttobeableto
accesstoViewAdministrator.Onceyouhaveaddedalltherequired
administrators,clickOK.
View Connection Server Backup
Inordertopreserveormigrateyourconfigurationinformation,ViewManagerallows
youtoexportandimportthecontentsoftheViewLDAPrepositoryfromanystandard
orreplicaViewConnectionServer.
ViewLDAPdataisexportedandimportedinLDAPdatainterchangeformat(LDIF),a
draftInternetstandardforafileformatthatcanbeus
edtoperformbatchoperations
againstdirectoriesthatconformtotheLDAPstandard.