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14 (Optional) Disable Hot Plug PCI devices.
This step prevents users from accidentally disconnecting the virtual network device (vNIC) from the
virtual machine.
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(Optional) Configure user customization scripts.
What to do next
Install View Agent. See “Install View Agent on a Virtual Machine,” on page 64.
Install View Agent on a Virtual Machine
You must install View Agent on virtual machines that are managed by vCenter Server so that View Connection
Server can communicate with them. Install View Agent on all virtual machines that you use as templates for
automated desktop pools, parents for linked-clone desktop pools, and desktop sources in manual desktop
pools.
To install View Agent on multiple Windows virtual machines without having to respond to wizard prompts,
you can install View Agent silently. See “Install View Agent Silently,” on page 66.
The View Agent software cannot coexist on the same virtual or physical machine with any other View Manager
software component, including a security server, replica server, View Connection Server, View Composer,
View Client, or View Transfer Server.
Prerequisites
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Prepare the guest operating system for View desktop deployment. See “Prepare a Guest Operating System
for View Desktop Deployment,” on page 62.
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Download the View Agent installer file from the VMware product page at
http://www.vmware.com/products/.
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Verify that you have administrative rights on the virtual machine.
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Familiarize yourself with the View Agent custom setup options. See “View Agent Custom Setup
Options,” on page 65.
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Familiarize yourself with the TCP ports that the View Agent installation program opens on the firewall.
See the VMware Horizon View Architecture Planning document for more information.
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If you select the View Composer Agent custom setup option, verify that you have a license to use View
Composer.
Procedure
1 To start the View Agent installation program, double-click the installer file.
The installer filename is VMware-viewagent- y.y.y - xxxxxx .exe or VMware-viewagent-x86_64- y.y.y -
xxxxxx .exe, where y.y.y is the version number and xxxxxx is the build number.
2 Accept the VMware license terms.
3 Select your custom setup options.
To deploy linked-clone desktops, select the View Composer Agent option.
4 Accept or change the destination folder.
5 Follow the prompts in the View Agent installation program and finish the installation.
NOTE If you did not enable Remote Desktop support during guest operating system preparation, the
View Agent installation program prompts you to enable it. If you do not enable Remote Desktop support
during View Agent installation, you must enable it manually after the installation is finished.
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