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n
Verify that a blackout period is not in effect. See "Set Blackout Times for ESXi Operations on Remote
Desktops" in the Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View document.
Options
Table 13‑11. Options for Reclaiming Disk Space on Virtual Machines
Option Description
-d desktop
Specifies the name of the desktop pool.
-m machine
Specifies the name of the virtual machine.
-MarkForSpaceReclamation
Marks the virtual machine for disk space reclamation.
Example
Marks the virtual machine machine3 in the desktop pool pool1 for disk space reclamation.
vdmadmin -M -d pool1 -m machine3 -markForSpaceReclamation
Configuring Domain Filters Using the ‑N Option
You can use the vdmadmin command with the -N option to control the domains that View makes available to
end users.
Syntax
vdmadmin -N [-b authentication_arguments] -domains {-exclude | -include | -search} -domain
domain -add [-s connsvr]
vdmadmin -N [-b authentication_arguments] -domains -list [-w | -n] [-xml]
vdmadmin -N [-b authentication_arguments] -domains -list -active [-w | -n] [-xml]
vdmadmin -N [-b authentication_arguments] -domains {-exclude | -include | -search} -domain
domain -remove [-s connsvr]
vdmadmin -N [-b authentication_arguments] -domains {-exclude | -include | -search} -removeall
[-s connsvr]
Usage Notes
Specify one of the -exclude, -include, or -search options to apply an operation to the exclusion list,
inclusion list, or search exclusion list respectively.
If you add a domain to a search exclusion list, the domain is excluded from an automated domain search.
If you add a domain to an inclusion list, the domain is included in the results of the search.
If you add a domain to an exclusion list, the domain is excluded from the results of the search.
Options
Table 13-12 shows the options that you can specify to configure domain filters.
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