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
Creating a Site
You can use the lmvutil command with the --createSite option to create a site in a Cloud Pod
Architecture topology.
Syntax
lmvutil --createSite --siteName sitename [--description text]
Usage Notes
The lmvutil command returns an error message if the Cloud Pod Architecture feature is not initialized, the
specified site already exists, or the command cannot create the site.
Options
You can specify these options when you create a site.
Table 5‑5. Options for Creating a Site
Option Description
--siteName
Name of the new site. The site name can contain between 1 and 64 characters.
--description
(Optional) Description of the site. The description can contain between 1 and 1024
characters.
Example
lmvutil --authAs adminEast --authDomain domainEast --authPassword "*" --createSite
--siteName "Eastern Region"
Assigning a Pod to a Site
You use the lmvutil command with the --assignPodToSite option to assign a pod to a site.
Syntax
lmvutil --assignPodToSite --podName podname --siteName sitename
Usage Notes
Before you can assign a pod to a site, you must create the site. See “Creating a Site,” on page 44.
This command returns an error message if the Cloud Pod Architecture feature is not initialized, the
command cannot find the specified pod or site, or if the command cannot assign the pod to the site.
Options
You must specify these options when you assign a pod to a site.
Table 5‑6. Options for Assigning a Pod to a Site
Option Description
--podName
Name of the pod to assign to the site.
--siteName
Name of the site.
You can use the lmvutil command with the --listPods option to list the names of the pods in a Cloud Pod
Architecture topology. See “Listing the Pods or Sites in a Cloud Pod Architecture Topology,” on page 58.
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