Integration

View Integration
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Export LDAP Configuration Data
You can export configuration data from a standard or replica View Connection Server instance to an LDIF file
by running the vdmexport command-line utility.
By default, the vdmexport command-line utility is installed in the C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware
View\Server\tools\bin directory.
In View 3.1 and earlier, you must be logged into a standard or replica View Connection Server instance as an
administrator and be a member of the Local Administrators user group.
In View 4.5 and later, you must be logged in to a View Connection Server instance as a user in the
Administrators or Administrators (Read only) role to export configuration data successfully from the View
configuration repository.
To export configuration data from a View Connection Server instance
1 Select Start > Command Prompt.
2 At the command prompt, type the vdmexport command and redirect the output to a file.
vdmexport > myexport.LDF
You can specify the output file name as an argument to the -f option.
vdmexport -f myexport.LDF
The command writes the configuration of your View Connection Server instance to the file that you
specify. The command displays errors if your role has insufficient privileges to view the data in the
configuration repository.
Modify LDAP Configuration Data
You can modify the LDAP configuration data that you have exported from a View Connection Server instance
to an LDIF file and use the modified file to perform automatic bulk configuration operations on View
Connection Server instances.
You can obtain an example of the LDIF syntax for any item of LDAP configuration data in View. For example,
you can extract the data for a desktop pool and use this as a template to create a large number of desktop pools.
To modify LDAP configuration data
1 Use View Administrator to add a single desktop pool with the default attribute values that you require.
If required, you can modify these values when you create your customized configuration file.
2Use the vdmexport command to export the configuration data as an LDIF file.
See “Export LDAP Configuration Data” on page 60.
3 Examine the contents of the LDIF file to find the entry definitions of the desktop pool that you created.
You can use this entry as a template for adding a large number of desktop pools.
Use the vdmimport command to import your customized LDIF file and update the configuration of the View
Connection Server instance. See “Import LDAP Configuration Data” on page 63.
You must add the following entries to an LDIF file to define a desktop pool:
 A Virtual Desktop VM entry for each virtual desktop in the desktop pool.
 A VM Pool entry for each desktop pool.
 A Desktop Application entry that defines the entitlement of the desktop pool.
Each VM Pool entry must be associated with one Desktop Application entry in a one-to-one relationship. A
Desktop Application entry cannot be shared between VM Pool entries, and a VM Pool entry can only be
associated with one Desktop Application entry.