Install View Agent Silently - VMware View Manager 4.5 Admin Manual

Table 4-2. View Agent Custom Setup Options (Continued)
Option
PCoIP Server
PCoIP Smartcard

Install View Agent Silently

You can use the silent installation feature of the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) to install View Agent on
several Windows virtual machines or physical 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
Prepare the guest operating system for View desktop deployment. See
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for View Desktop Deployment,"
Download the View Agent installer file from the VMware product page at
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http://www.vmware.com/products/.
The installer filename is
, where xxxxxx is the build number.
xxxxxx .exe
Verify that you have administrative rights on the virtual machine or physical PC.
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Familiarize yourself with the View Agent custom setup options. See
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on page 48.
If you select the View Composer Agent custom setup option, verify that you have a license to use View
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Composer.
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 View Agent. See
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Installation Properties for View Agent,"
Familiarize yourself with the TCP ports that the View Agent installation program opens on the firewall.
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See the VMware View Architecture Planning Guide for more information.
VMware, Inc.
on page 46.
xxxxxx .exe
VMware-viewagent-4.5.0-
on page 50.
on page 52.
Chapter 4 Creating and Preparing Virtual Machines
Description
Lets users connect to the View desktop using the PCoIP
display protocol.
Installing the PCoIP Server feature disables sleep mode on
Windows 7 and Windows Vista desktops and standby mode
on Windows XP desktops. When a user navigates to the
Power Options or Shut Down menu, sleep mode or standby
mode is inactive. Desktops do not go into sleep or standby
mode after a default period of inactivity. Desktops remain in
active mode.
N If you install the PCoIP Server feature on Windows
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Vista, the Windows group policy Disable or enable software
Secure Attention Sequence is enabled and set to Services
and Ease of Access applications. If you change this setting,
single sign-on does not work correctly.
Lets users authenticate with smart cards when they use the
PCoIP display protocol.
Windows Vista does not support the PCoIP Smartcard
subfeature.
"Prepare a Guest Operating System
or
VMware-viewagent-x86_64-4.5.0-
"View Agent Custom Setup Options,"
"Microsoft Windows Installer
"Silent
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