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Table Of Contents
- Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Installation
- View Administrator
- Virtual Desktop Deployment
- Client Management
- View Client and View Portal
- Client Connections from the Internet
- Creating SSL Server Certificates
- Using Existing SSL Certificates
- Smart Card Authentication
- RSA SecurID Authentication
- View Client Command Line Options
- Virtual Printing
- View Composer
- Offline Desktop
- Component Policies
- Unified Access
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Index
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Chapter 2 Installation
Onceyouhavecompletedtheinitialconfigurationofyourserverorreplicated
group, it isstronglyrecommendedthatyouregularlytakebackupsofyour
View Managerdatausingtheutilitiesdescribedinthissection.Donotrelyonreplica
serverstoactasyourbackupmechanismasanydatalostfromoneinstancewillbelos
t
fromallmembersofthereplicatedgroupwhenthedataisharmonized.
To export View Manager configuration data
LDIFdataisexportedfromViewManagerusingthevdmexport.exetoolthat
accompanieseachstandardandreplicaViewConnectionSever;thepathtothe
executablefileis:
C:\Program Files\VMware\View Manager\Server\bin\vdmexport.exe
FromthecommandpromptonastandardorreplicaViewCo
nnectionServer, execute
thefollowingcommandtocreateafilecalledVDMConfig.LDFthatcontainsthe
exportedViewLDAPconfigurationinformation:
vdmexport> vdmconfig.ldf
To import View Manager configuration data
LDIFdataisimportedintoViewManagerusingLDIFDE,autilityprogramincludedin
WindowsServer2003thatsupportsbatchoperationsbasedontheLDIFfileformat
standard.
Fromthec
ommandpromptonastandardorreplicaViewConnectionServer,execute
thefollowingcommandtoimportafilecalledVDMConfig.LDFthatcontainspreviously
exportedViewLDAPconfigurationdata:
LDIFDE -i -f vdmconfig.ldf -s 127.0.0.1
N
OTEIfyouhavemultipleinstancesofViewConnectionServeroperatingina
replicatedgroupyouonlyneedtoexportthedatafromoneserverasallreplicaservers
containthesameconfigurationdata.