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5 Click Install.
When the installation is completed, the installer displays the following message: Setup has
successfully installed VMware Horizon View 5.3 Remote Experience Agent.
6 Click Finish.
When the HTML Access Agent is installed on the virtual machine, TCP port 22443 is opened on the
Windows firewall. See “Firewall Rules for HTML Access,” on page 22.
What to do next
If you installed the Remote Experience Agent on a parent virtual machine, create a snapshot or make a
template and create a Horizon View desktop pool, or recompose an existing pool.
Remote Experience Agent Installation Options
When you install the Remote Experience Agent on a virtual machine, you can select installation options.
Option Description
HTML Access Allows users to connect to Horizon View desktops by using HTML Access. The HTML Access
Agent must be installed on Horizon View desktops to allow users to make connections with
HTML Access.
This feature is installed by default.
Flash URL
Redirection
Redirects Flash URL multicast or unicast streaming data from virtual desktops to client devices.
This feature allows videos to be streamed directly from a multicast or unicast Web source to the
client hardware and displayed to users on the client's local Flash media player.
This feature is installed by default.
Real-Time Audio-
Video
Redirects webcam and audio devices that are connected to the client system so that they can be
used on the remote desktop.
This feature is installed by default.
Unity Touch Provides tablet and smart phone users a convenient sidebar they can touch to browse, search,
open, and close Windows applications and files, and switch between running applications.
This feature is installed by default.
Win7 Multimedia
Redirection
Extends multimedia redirection to Windows 7 desktops and clients. This feature delivers a
multimedia stream directly to the client computer, allowing the multimedia stream to be processed
on the client hardware instead of the remote ESXi host.
This feature is installed by default.
Install the Remote Experience Agent Silently
You can use the silent installation feature of the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) to install the Remote
Experience Agent on several Windows virtual machines. In a silent installation, you use the command line
and do not have to respond to wizard prompts.
The Remote Experience Agent installer configures the Feature Pack components on Horizon View desktops.
IMPORTANT Do not install or uninstall the Remote Experience Agent from within a View desktop session
that was established through View Client or HTML Access. Run the installation command directly on the
virtual machine. For example, you can open a console on the virtual machine in vSphere Web Client or
vSphere Client.
Prerequisites
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Verify that View Agent 5.3 is installed on the virtual machine.
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Verify that you have administrative rights on the virtual machine.
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Verify that the Windows Firewall service is running on the virtual machine. If the Windows Firewall
service is not started and running, the Remote Experience Agent installation cannot be completed.
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