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Examples
Display the logging level of the Agent for the machine machine1 in the desktop pool dtpool2.
vdmadmin -A -d dtpool2 -m machine1 -getloglevel
Set the logging level of the View Agent for the machine machine1 in the desktop pool dtpool2 to debug.
vdmadmin -A -d dtpool2 -m machine1 -setloglevel debug
Display the list of View Agent log files for the machine machine1 in the desktop pool dtpool2.
vdmadmin -A -d dtpool2 -m machine1 -list
Save a copy of the View Agent log file log-2009-01-02.txt for the machine machine1 in the desktop pool
dtpool2 as C:\mycopiedlog.txt.
vdmadmin -A -d dtpool2 -m machine1 -getlogfile log-2009-01-02.txt -outfile C:\mycopiedlog.txt
Display the version of the View Agent for the machine machine1 in the desktop pool dtpool2.
vdmadmin -A -d dtpool2 -m machine1 -getversion
Display the status of the View Agent for the machine machine1 in the desktop pool dtpool2.
vdmadmin -A -d dtpool2 -m machine1 -getstatus
Create the DCT bundle for the machine machine1 in the desktop pool dtpool2 and write it to the zip file C:
\myfile.zip.
vdmadmin -A -d dtpool2 -m machine1 -getDCT -outfile C:\myfile.zip
Overriding IP Addresses Using the -A Option
You can use the vdmadmin command with the -A option to override the IP address reported by a View Agent.
Syntax
vdmadmin -A [-b
authentication_arguments
] -override -i
ip_or_dns
-d
desktop
-m
machine
vdmadmin -A [-b
authentication_arguments
] -override -list -d
desktop
-m
machine
vdmadmin -A [-b
authentication_arguments
] -override -r -d
desktop
[-m
machine
]
Usage Notes
A View Agent reports the discovered IP address of the machine on which it is running to the View Connection
Server instance. In secure configurations where the View Connection Server instance cannot trust the value
that the View Agent reports, you can override the value provided by the View Agent and specify the IP address
that the managed machine should be using. If the address of a machine that the View Agent reports does not
match the defined address, you cannot use a View client to access the machine.
Options
Table 16-4 shows the options that you can specify to override IP addresses.
Table 16-4. Options for Overriding IP Addresses
Option
Description
-d desktop Specifies the desktop pool.
-iip_or_dns Specifies the IP address or resolvable domain name in DNS.
-m machine Specifies the name of the machine in a desktop pool.
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