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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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Refresh Policy Settings
Table 3‐13showsthesettingsthatyoucanusewiththe-refreshPolicyTypeparametertospecifyarefresh
policyfortheOSdisksofautomaticallyprovisioneddedicatedandlinked‐clonedesktoppools.
Smart Card Authentication Settings
Table 3‐13showsthesettingsthatyoucanusewiththe-smartCardSettingparametertospecifyhowusers
withsmartcardsareauthenticated.ThesesettingsapplytoUpdate-ConnectionBroker,anddonothaveany
effectunlessyoualsospecify-UseSSLClient$truewithUpdate-GlobalSetting.
View Composer Maintenance Task Types
Table 3‐14showsthesettingsthatyoucanusewiththe-composerTaskparametertospecifyaView
Composermaintenancetasktypethatisscheduledonavirtualmachine.
Table 3-12. Refresh Policy Settings
Refresh Policy Description
Always SpecifiesthatanOSdiskisalwaysrefreshedwhentheuserlogsout.
Conditional SpecifiesthatanOSdiskisrefreshedwhentheuserlogsoutifcertainconditions
aremet.Usethe-refreshpolicyDaysand-refreshPolicyUsage
parameterstospecifytherefreshintervalindaysandthepercentageofthe
maximumallowablesize
forthedisk.
Never SpecifiesthatanOSdiskisneverrefreshedwhentheuserlogsout.
Table 3-13. Smart Card Authentication Settings
Refresh Policy Description
NotAllowed Specifiesthatsmartcardauthenticationisdisabled.
Optional Specifiesthatuserscanusesmartcardauthenticationorpassword
authenticationtoconnecttotheViewConnectionServerinstance.Ifsmartcard
authenticationfails,theusermustprovideapassword.
Required Specifiesthatusersmustusesmartcardauthenticationwhenconnectingtothe
ViewConnection
Serverinstance.SmartcardauthenticationreplacesWindows
passwordauthenticationonly. IfSecureIDisenabled,usersarerequiredto
authenticatebyusingbothSecureIDandsmartcardauthentication.
Table 3-14. View Composer Maintenance Task Types
Task Type Description
attachUdd Specifiesascheduledtasktoattachapersistentdisk.
detachUdd Specifiesascheduledtasktodetachapersistentdisk.
mkChkPoint Specifiesascheduledtasktocreateacheckpointsnapshot.
rebalance Specifiesascheduledtasktorebalancealinked‐clonedesktop.
refresh Specifiesascheduledtasktorefreshalinked‐clonedesktop.
replaceUdd Specifiesascheduledtasktoreplace
apersistentdisk.
resync Specifiesascheduledtasktorecomposealinked‐clonedesktop.