User manual VMWARE VIEW MANAGER 4.X EXTENDING VIRTUAL MACHINE DELECTION WITH SCRIPTS

[. . . ] You must configure all View Connection Server hosts that need to run deletion scripts. There is no mechanism to propagate registry changes, VMware View Script Host service configuration changes, and deletion scripts between View Connection Server hosts. Environment Variables Deletion scripts cannot run interactively. A deletion script runs in an environment created by View Manager, and the script must obtain its input data from this environment. [. . . ] You must modify the script to correspond to the configuration of your local systems in Active Directory. Add a Windows Registry Entry for a Deletion Script To make a deletion script available for execution, you must add it to the Windows registry. You must create an entry on each View Connection Server instance where you want View Manager to run the deletion script when you delete a virtual machine. To add an entry for a deletion script to the registry on a View Connection Server instance 1 2 3 4 Start the Windows Registry Editor by entering regedit at the command prompt. In the registry, navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc. \VMware VDM\ScriptEvents. In the navigation area, rightclick ScriptEvents, select New > Key, and create a key named DeleteVm. In the navigation area, rightclick DeleteVm, select New > String Value, and create a string value that identifies the deletion script to be run. To run more than one deletion script, create a string value entry for each script under the DeleteVm key. You cannot specify the order in which these scripts run. If the scripts must run in a specified order, invoke them from a single control script. 5 6 In the topic area, rightclick on the entry for the new string value, and select Modify. In Value data, enter the command line that invokes the deletion script, and click OK. Specify the full path of the deletion script and any files that it requires. 7 8 If you want the VMware View Script Host service to time out the deletion script, right click on the Default key, select Modify, enter the timeout value in milliseconds, and click OK. Exit the Registry Editor, and restart the system. Configure the VMware View Script Host Service You must configure the VMware View Script Host service on each View Connection Server instance where you want View Manager to run the deletion script. By default, the VMware View Script Host service is disabled. CAUTION Running a deletion script under the local system account could compromise the security of the View Connection Server host. [. . . ] and international copyright and intellectual property laws. VMware products are covered by one or more patents listed at http://www. vmware. com/go/patents. VMware is a registered trademark or trademark of VMware, Inc. [. . . ]