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You can use VMware and Microsoft command tools to export and import LDAP configuration data in LDAP
Data Interchange Format (LDIF) files from and into VMware View. These commands are intended for use by
advanced administrators who want to use scripts to update configuration data without using View
Administrator. If you want to create scripts to update the View configuration, VMware recommends that you
use View PowerCLI rather than LDAP commands.
This chapter includes the following topics:
“LDAP Configuration Data” on page 49
“Export LDAP Configuration Data” on page 50
“Modify LDAP Configuration Data” on page 50
“Import LDAP Configuration Data” on page 53
“Import LDAP Configuration Data Using the LDIFDE Command” on page 54
LDAP Configuration Data
All View configuration data is stored in an LDAP directory. Each View Connection Server standard or replica
instance contains a local LDAP configuration repository and a replication agreement between each of the View
Connection Server instances. This arrangement ensures that changes to one repository are automatically
replicated to all the other repositories.
When you use View Administrator to modify the configuration of VMware View, the appropriate LDAP data
in the repository is updated. For example, if you add a desktop pool, VMware View stores information about
users, user groups, and entitlements in LDAP. The View Connection Server instances manage other LDAP
configuration data automatically, and they use the information in the repository to control View operations.
You can use LDIF files to perform a number of tasks.
To transfer configuration data between View Connection Server instances.
To define a large number of View objects, such as desktop pools, and add these to your View Connection
Server instances without using View Administrator to do this manually.
To back up your View configuration so that you can restore the state of a View Connection Server instance.
In View Manager 3.1 and later, regular backups of the LDAP repository are made automatically.
LDAP configuration data is transferred as plain ASCII text and conforms to the Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF) RFC 2849 standard.
Customizing LDAP Data
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