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Table Of Contents
- VMware View Integration
- Contents
- Introduction
- Integrating with the Event Database
- Using View PowerCLI
- Introduction to View PowerCLI
- View PowerCLI Cmdlets
- View Administrator, View PowerCLI Cmdlet, and vdmadmin Operations
- View PowerCLI Cmdlet Parameters
- Examples of Using View PowerCLI Cmdlets
- Displaying Information About a View Connection Server Instance
- Updating the Configuration of a View Connection Server Instance
- Managing the Configuration of vCenter Servers in VMware View
- Managing Desktop Pools
- Creating and Updating Automatically Provisioned Desktop Pools
- Creating and Updating Linked-Clone Desktop Pools
- Creating and Updating Manually Provisioned Desktop Pools
- Creating Manual Unmanaged Desktop Pools
- Creating and Updating Desktops Provisioned by Terminal Servers
- Obtaining Information About Users and Groups from Active Directory
- Managing Desktop Entitlements
- Managing Local Desktops
- Managing Remote Sessions
- Managing Virtual Machines
- Displaying Information About Physical Computers
- Updating the Ownership of Machines
- Displaying Information About Events
- Managing the Global Configuration of VMware View
- Managing View Licenses
- Examples of Using View PowerCLI for Enhanced Functionality
- Customizing LDAP Data
- Integrating with SCOM
- View Management Packs
- Name a View Connection Server Group
- Import the View MPs
- View Discovery Script
- Run the Discovery Script
- Display Discovered Objects
- Display Managed Objects
- Views and Monitors
- Enable a Proxy Agent on a Server
- Display Performance Data
- Display Information About an Alert
- Restart a Service
- Exclude a Domain from Connectivity Monitoring
- Close Alerts
- Class and Relationship Definitions
- Index
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Contents
AboutThisBook 5
1 Introduction 7
VMwareViewComponents 7
IntegrationInterfacestoVMwareView 8
2 IntegratingwiththeEventDatabase 9
EventDatabaseTablesandSchemas 9
ConnectionBrokerEvents 11
ViewAgentEvents 17
ViewAdministratorEvents 17
ViewTransferServerEvents 25
EventMessageAttributes 25
SampleDatabaseQueriesandViews 27
3 UsingViewPowerCLI 29
IntroductiontoViewPowerCLI 29
StartthePowerShellConsolewithViewPowerCLILoaded 30
DisplayingHelpforaViewPowerCLIcmdlet 30
ErrorHandling 30
ErrorWhenPipingandSpecifyingObjectsattheSameTime 30
EscapingCharactersinvCenterPathNames 31
ViewPowerCLICmdlets 31
ViewAdministrator,ViewPowerCLICmdlet,andvdmadminOperations 33
ViewPowerCLICmdletParameters 35
DefaultDisplayProtocol
Settings 35
DeletionPolicySettings 35
FlashQualitySettings 36
FlashThrottlingSettings 36
LDAPBackupFrequency 36
PoolTypeSettings 37
PowerPolicySettings 37
RefreshPolicySettings 38
SmartCardAuthenticationSettings 38
ViewComposerMaintenanceTaskTypes 38
ExamplesofUsingViewPowerCLICmdlets 39
DisplayingInformationAboutaViewConnectionServerInstance 39
UpdatingtheConfigurationofaViewConnectionServerInstance 39
ManagingtheConfiguration
ofvCenterServersinVMwareView 39
ManagingDesktopPools 39
CreatingandUpdatingAutomaticallyProvisionedDesktopPools 40
CreatingandUpdatingLinked‐CloneDesktopPools 40
CreatingandUpdatingManuallyProvisionedDesktopPools 41
CreatingManualUnmanagedDesktopPools 41
CreatingandUpdatingDesktopsProvisionedbyTerminalServers 41
ObtainingInformationAboutUsersandGroupsfromActiveDirectory 41
ManagingDesktopEntitlements 42