Administration

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You can use the vdmadmin command line interface to perform a variety of administration tasks on a View
Connection Server instance.
You can use vdmadmin to perform administration tasks that are not possible from within the View
Administrator user interface or to perform administration tasks that need to run automatically from scripts.
For a comparison of the operations that are possible in View Administrator, View cmdlets, and vdmadmin, see
the View Integration document.
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vdmadmin Command Usage on page 213
The syntax of the vdmadmin command controls its operation.
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Configuring Logging in View Agent Using the -A Option on page 215
You can use the vdmadmin command with the -A option to configure logging by View Agent.
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Overriding IP Addresses Using the -A Option on page 216
You can use the vdmadmin command with the -A option to override the IP address reported by a View
Agent.
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Setting the Name of a View Connection Server Group Using the -C Option on page 217
You can use the vdmadmin command with the -C option to set the name of a View Connection Server
group. The Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) console displays this name to help
you identify the group within SCOM.
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Updating Foreign Security Principals Using the -F Option on page 218
You can use the vdmadmin command with the -F option to update the foreign security principals (FSPs)
of Windows users in Active Directory who are authorized to use a desktop.
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Listing and Displaying Health Monitors Using the -H Option on page 219
You can use the vdmadmin command -H to list the existing health monitors, to monitor instances for
View components, and to display the details of a specific health monitor or monitor instance.
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Listing and Displaying Reports of View Operation Using the -I Option on page 220
You can use the vdmadmin command with the -I option to list the available reports of View operation
and to display the results of running one of these reports.
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Generating View Event Log Messages in Syslog Format Using the -I Option on page 221
You can use the vdmadmin command with the -I option to record View event messages in Syslog
format in event log files. Many third-party analytics products require flat-file Syslog data as input for
their analytics operations.
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