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 and Applications 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 and Application 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
- lmvutil Command Use
- Initializing the Cloud Pod Architecture Feature
- Disabling the Cloud Pod Architecture Feature
- Managing Pod Federations
- Managing Sites
- Managing Global Entitlements
- Managing Home Sites
- Viewing a Cloud Pod Architecture Configuration
- Listing Global Entitlements
- Listing the Pools in a Global Entitlement
- Listing the Users or Groups in a Global Entitlement
- Listing the Home Sites for a User or Group
- Listing the Effective Home Site for a User
- Listing Dedicated Desktop Pool Assignments
- Listing the Pods or Sites in a Cloud Pod Architecture Topology
- Managing SSL Certificates
- Index
These commands return an error message if the Cloud Pod Architecture feature is not initialized, the pod is
not joined to a pod federation, or if the commands cannot perform specified operations.
Options
When you use the --ejectPod option, you use the --pod option to identify the pod to remove from the pod
federation.
Example
lmvutil --authAs adminEast --authDomain domainEast --authPassword "*" --unjoin
lmvutil --authAs adminEast --authDomain domainEast --authPassword "*" --ejectPod
--pod "East Pod 1"
Changing a Pod Name or Description
Use the lmvutil command with the --updatePod option to update or modify the name or description of a
pod.
Syntax
lmvutil --updatePod --podName podname [--newPodName podname] [--description text]
Usage Notes
This command returns an error message if the Cloud Pod Architecture feature is not initialized or if the
command cannot find or update the pod.
Options
You can specify these options when you update a pod name or description.
Table 5‑4. Options for Changing a Pod Name or Description
Option Description
--podName
Name of the pod to update.
--newPodName
(Optional) New name for the pod. A pod 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 "*"
--updatePod --podName "East Pod 1" --newPodName "East Pod 2"
Managing Sites
You can use lmvutil command options to create, modify, and delete Cloud Pod Architecture sites. A site is a
grouping of View pods.
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Creating a Site on page 44
Use the lmvutil command with the --createSite option to create a site in a Cloud Pod Architecture
topology.
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Assigning a Pod to a Site on page 44
Use the lmvutil command with the --assignPodToSite option to assign a pod to a site.
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