Backing Up View Connection Server - VMware View Manager 4.5 Admin Manual

VMware View Administrator's Guide
Procedure
1 Remove the linked-clone pools that were created by View Composer.
a In View Administrator, click Inventory > Pools.
b Select a linked-clone pool and click Delete.
A dialog box warns that you will permanently delete the linked-clone pool from View Manager. The
virtual machines are deleted from vCenter Server. In addition, the associated View Composer
database entries and the replicas that were created by View Composer are removed.
c Click OK.
d Repeat these steps for each linked-clone pool that was created by View Composer.
2 Click View Configuration > Servers.
3 In the vCenter Servers panel, select the vCenter Server instance in which View Composer is installed.
4 Click Edit.
5 In the View Composer Settings panel, deselect Enable View Composer and click OK.
You can no longer create linked-clone desktops in this vCenter Server instance, but you can continue to create
and manage full virtual-machine desktop pools in the vCenter Server instance.
If linked-clone desktops were not deleted before you disabled the connection to View Composer, you can try
enabling the connection to View Composer, deleting the linked clones, and disabling the connection to View
Composer again. For details about enabling View Composer, see
vCenter Server,"
Conflicting vCenter Server Unique IDs
If you have multiple vCenter Server instances configured in your environment, an attempt to add a new
instance might fail because of conflicting unique IDs.
Problem
You try to add a vCenter Server instance to View Manager, but the unique ID of the new vCenter Server instance
conflicts with an existing instance.
Cause
Two vCenter Server instances cannot use the same unique ID. By default, a vCenter Server unique ID is
randomly generated, but you can edit it.
Solution
1 In vSphere Client, click Administration > vCenter Server Settings > Runtime Settings.
2 Type a new unique ID and click OK.
For details about editing vCenter Server unique ID values, see the vSphere documentation.

Backing Up View Connection Server

After you complete the initial configuration of View Connection Server, you should schedule regular backups
of your View Manager and View Composer configuration data.
For information about backing up and restoring your View configuration, see
Configuration Data,"
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on page 257.
"Configure View Composer Settings for
"Backing Up and Restoring View
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