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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
OTEIfyouhavemultipleinstancesofViewConnectionServeroperatingina
replicatedgroupyouonlyneedtoexportthedatafromoneserverasallreplicaservers
containthesameconfigurationdata.