Installing The Vcm Windows Agent On Your Windows Machines - VMware VCENTER CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5.3 Getting Started Manual

4. Leave the Install VCM Agents for the selected machines box unchecked during your first pass at
licensing machines. Once you have more experience licensing machines and deploying the VCM
Windows Agent, you may choose to check this box when licensing. The machines that you selected
appear in the Selected area. Click Next to view your Product License Details. The licensed machine
count has increased by the number of machines that you have selected to license.
5. Click Next. VCM confirms that the licenses you requested will be applied to the selected machine(s).
6. Click Finish.

Installing the VCM Windows Agent on your Windows Machines

Before you can collect data from a machine, the VCM Windows Agent must be installed on your licensed
Windows machine. You can install the VCM Windows Agent through VCM or manually. Both methods
are described here.
Machines that will be affected are those that are listed in the Administration | Machines Manager |
Licensed Machines | Licensed Windows Machines view.
The following procedure describes how to install the VCM Windows Agent on your licensed Windows
machines.
N If you are installing the Agent on Windows 7, 2008, 2008 R2, or Vista, you may need to disable the
OTE
UAC during installation.
Use the following steps to install the VCM Windows Agent on your licensed Windows machines.
1. Navigate to Administration | Machines Manager | Licensed Machines | Licensed Windows
Machines.
2. Select the Windows machine(s) on which you want to install the VCM Windows Agent. To select
multiple machines, use Shift-click or Ctrl-click.
VMware, Inc.
See"Disabling UAC for Agent Installation" on page 214
Getting Started with VCM
for information.
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