Delete a Replica Server from a server group
For high availability of the View Manager environment it’s possible to add a maximum of 4 additional connection servers, called Replica servers to one View connection server group. In total you’ll have 5 servers dealing with the connecting users. During the installation of a replica server it is manually added to the server group by the administrator and it’s configuration data is written to the View LDAP database afterwards. The new server itself does create a copy of the existing View LDAP instance and replicate all data. During operations all changes on the View servers including the Global Settings, the users and the desktops are propagated between all servers in the View connection server group. If one of the replica servers is removed from the group by disconnection or installation which is permanent it is recommend to delete this servers from the View LDAP.
To delete the Replica server you have to use the vdmadmin.exe command line utility which can be found at:
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware View\Server\bin\vdmadmin.exe
The tool must be executed on a View Server which resists in the server group. The correct syntax for the command is:
vdmadmin -S -r -s <servernametoberemoved>
Please find the following explanation for the parameters used in the command:
-S = This parameter tells the vdmadmin.exe tool ti manage a View server entry.
-r = Remove a View server entry from the View LDAP
-s = Defines the servername to remove from the server group
After using the command on one of the servers which are remaining in the group the new configuration information is propagated to all LDAP instances.
It’s important to remove old servers which are not longer used because otherwise they will still be visible in the View Administrator console and maybe confuse the administrators.
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