VMware View Manager 4.5 Installation Manual page 43

Install a Replicated Instance of View Connection Server Silently
You can use the silent installation feature of the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) to install a replicated
instance of View Connection Server on several Windows computers. In a silent installation, you use the
command line and do not have to respond to wizard prompts.
With silent installation, you can efficiently deploy View components in a large enterprise.
Prerequisites
Verify that at least one View Connection Server instance is installed and configured on the network.
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Verify that you can log in as a domain user with administrator privileges on the Windows Server computer
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on which you plan to install the replicated instance.
If the existing View Connection Server instance is in a different domain than the replicated instance, the
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domain user must also have local administrator privileges on the Windows Server computer where the
existing instance is installed.
Verify that your installation satisfies the requirements described in
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Requirements,"
Verify that the computers on which you install replicated View Connection Server instances are connected
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over a high-performance LAN. See
Instances," on page 8.
Prepare your environment for the installation. See
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Server," on page 37.
Familiarize yourself with the MSI installer command-line options. See
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Command-Line Options,"
Familiarize yourself with the silent installation properties available with a replica installation of View
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Connection Server. See
Server," on page 44.
Procedure
1 Download the View Connection Server installer file from the VMware product page at
http://www.vmware.com/products/
The installer filename is
viewconnectionserver-x86_64-4.5.
2 Open a command prompt on the Windows Server computer.
3 Type the installation command on one line.
For example:
ADAM_PRIMARY_NAME=cs1.companydomain.com"
The VMware View services are installed on the Windows Server computer. For details, see
Instance of View Connection Server,"
VMware, Inc.
on page 7.
"Network Requirements for Replicated View Connection Server
on page 48.
"Silent Installation Properties for a Replicated Instance of View Connection
to the Windows Server computer.
VMware-viewconnectionserver-4.5.
x - xxxxxx .exe
VMware-viewconnectionserver-4.5.
on page 41.
Chapter 5 Installing View Connection Server
"View Connection Server
"Installation Prerequisites for View Connection
"Microsoft Windows Installer
or
x - xxxxxx .exe
, where xxxxxx is the build number.
x - xxxxxx .exe /s /v"/qn VDM_SERVER_INSTANCE_TYPE=2
VMware-
"Install a Replicated
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