Restoring the VMware View environment

If your environment has multiple Connection Servers, the best thing to do would be delete all the servers but one, and then use the following steps to restore the ADAM database:

1. Connect directly to the server where the View Connection Server is located using a remote desktop utility such as RDP.
2. Stop the View Connection service, as shown in the following screenshot:
   
3. Locate the backup (or exported) ADAM database file that has the .ldf extension.
4. The first step of the import is to decrypt the file by opening a command prompt and use the cd command to navigate to C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware View\Server\tools\bin\.
5. Use the following command:

   vdmimport –f \View_Backup\vdmBackup.ldf –d >\View_Backup\vmdDecrypt.ldf
   

6. You will be prompted to enter the password from the account you used to create the backup file.
7. Now use the vdmimport –f [decrypted file name] command (from the preceding example, the filename will be vmdDecrypt.ldf).
8. After the...