Administering View Cloud Pod Architecture
Table Of Contents
- Administering View Cloud Pod Architecture
- Contents
- Administering View Cloud Pod Architecture
- Introduction to Cloud Pod Architecture
- Designing a Cloud Pod Architecture Topology
- Creating Cloud Pod Architecture Sites
- Entitling Users and Groups in the Pod Federation
- Finding and Allocating Desktops in the Pod Federation
- Global Entitlement Example
- Cloud Pod Architecture Topology Limits
- Cloud Pod Architecture Port Requirements
- Security Considerations for Cloud Pod Architecture Topologies
- Setting Up a Cloud Pod Architecture Environment
- Managing a Cloud Pod Architecture Environment
- View a Cloud Pod Architecture Configuration
- View Pod Federation Health in View Administrator
- View Desktop Sessions in the Pod Federation
- Determine the Effective Home Site for a User
- Add a Pod to a Site
- Modifying Global Entitlements
- Remove a Home Site Association
- Remove a Pod From the Pod Federation
- Uninitialize the Cloud Pod Architecture Feature
- lmvutil Command Reference
- Index
Add a User or Group to a Global Entitlement
You can use View Administrator to add a user or group to an existing global entitlement.
You can also use the lmvutil command to add a user or group to a global entitlement. See “Adding a User
or Group to a Global Entitlement,” on page 51.
Prerequisites
Create the user or group to add to the global entitlement.
Procedure
1 Log in to the View Administrator user interface for any View Connection Server instance in the pod
federation.
2 In View Administrator, select Catalog > Global Entitlements and double-click the global entitlement.
3 On the Users and Groups tab, click Add.
4 Click Add, select one or more search criteria, and click Find to filter Active Directory users or groups
based on your search criteria
5 Select the Active Directory user or group to add to the global entitlement and click OK.
You can press the Ctrl and Shift keys to select multiple users and groups.
Remove a User or Group From a Global Entitlement
You can use View Administrator to remove a user or group from a global entitlement.
You can also use the lmvutil command to remove a user or group from a global entitlement. See “Removing
a User or Group From a Global Entitlement,” on page 51.
Procedure
1 Log in to the View Administrator user interface for any View Connection Server instance in the pod
federation.
2 In View Administrator, select Catalog > Global Entitlements and double-click the global entitlement.
3 On the Users and Groups tab, select the user or group to delete and click Delete.
You can press Ctrl or Shift to select multiple users and groups.
4 Click OK in the confirmation dialog box.
Modify Attributes or Policies for a Global Entitlement
You can use View Administrator to modify the name and description attributes and scope and other policies
of a global entitlement.
You can also use the lmvutil command to modify global entitlement attributes and polices. See “Modifying
a Global Entitlement,” on page 48.
NOTE You cannot modify the type of desktop pool that the global entitlement can contain.
Procedure
1 Log in to the View Administrator user interface for any View Connection Server instance in the pod
federation.
2 In View Administrator, select Catalog > Global Entitlements
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