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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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Chapter 3 Using View PowerCLI
Escaping Characters in vCenter Path Names
IfyouspecifyapathtoavCenterfolderthatincludescertainspecialcharactersinthenameofanentity,you
mustescapethesecharacters.Table 3‐1showstheescapesequencesforspecialcharacters.
Donotescapetheslashesinthepathnameitself.Forexample,youwouldrepresentthepathtothefolder
/datacenter_01/vm/img%-12as/datacenter_01/vm/img%25-12.
Table 3‐2liststhecmdletsandparametersthatrequireyoutouseescapesequencesinentitynames.
View PowerCLI Cmdlets
YoucanuseViewPowerCLIcmdletstoadministerVMwareViewonaViewConnectionServerinstance.You
canusetheGet-HelpcmdlettoobtainmorehelpaboutaViewPowerCLIcmdletasdescribedin“Displaying
HelpforaViewPowerCLIcmdlet”onpage 30.
Table 3‐3liststheavailableViewPowerCLIcmdlets
orderedbynoun.
Table 3-1. Escape Sequences for Special Characters
Special Character Escape Sequence
%%25
/%2f
\%5c
Table 3-2. Cmdlet Parameters Requiring Escape Sequences
Cmdlet Parameters Requiring Escape Sequences
Add-AutomaticLinkedClonePool
Update-AutomaticLinkedClonePool
-datastoreSpecs
-parentVMPath
-resourcePoolPath
-vmfolderPath
Add-AutomaticPool
Update-AutomaticPool
-datastorePaths
-resourcePoolPath
-templatePath
-vmfolderPath
Send-LinkedCloneRecompose -parentVMPath
Table 3-3. View PowerCLI Cmdlets Ordered by Noun
Cmdlet Description
Add-AutomaticLinkedClonePool Addsanautomaticallyprovisionedlinked‐clonedesktoppool.
Update-AutomaticLinkedClonePool Updatesanautomaticallyprovisionedlinked‐clonedesktoppool.
Add-AutomaticPool Addsanautomaticallyprovisionedfullvirtualmachinedesktoppool.
Update-AutomaticPool Updatesanautomaticallyprovisionedfullvirtualmachinedesktoppool.
Get-ComposerDomain ReturnsinformationaboutViewComposer.
Get-ConnectionBroker ReturnsinformationaboutViewConnectionServerandsecurityserver
instances.
Update-ConnectionBroker Updates
theconfigurationofaViewConnectionServerorsecurityserver
instance.
Get-DesktopPhysicalMachine Returnsalistofphysicalmachinesthatareavailableforusewith
unmanageddesktoppools.
Get-DesktopVM Returnsinformationaboutvirtualmachines.
Get-EventReport Returnsaneventreportforaspecifiedview.
Get-EventReportList ReturnstheviewsthatareavailableforusewiththeGet-EventReport
cmdlet.