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Verify that you have access to the Remote Experience Agent installer file on the VMware product page
at http://www.vmware.com/products/.
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Familiarize yourself with the silent installation properties available with the Remote Experience Agent.
See “Silent Installation Properties for the Remote Experience Agent,” on page 16.
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Familiarize yourself with the MSI installer command-line options. See “MSI Command-Line Options
for the Remote Experience Agent Installer,” on page 17.
Procedure
1 Download the Remote Experience Agent installer file from the VMware product page.
Select the appropriate installer file, where y.y is the Feature Pack version number and xxxxxx is the
build number.
Option Description
32-bit installer
VMware-Horizon-View-5.3-Remote-Experience-Agent-y.y-
xxxxxx.exe
64-bit installer
VMware-Horizon-View-5.3-Remote-Experience-Agent-x64-y.y-
xxxxxx.exe
2 Open a Windows command prompt on the virtual machine.
3 Type the installation command on one line.
This example installs the Remote Experience Agent on a virtual machine. The installer configures all the
Remote Experience Agent installation options and writes logs to the file install.log.
VMware-Horizon-View-5.3-Remote-Experience-Agent-x64-y.y-xxxxxx.exe /s /v"/qn /l*v
""C:\myfolder\install.log"""
NOTE The preceding example installs all publicly available features. To install selected features, use the
ADDLOCAL= option and list the silent installation properties in a comma-separated list. For example:
ADDLOCAL=Core,HTMLAccess,UnityTouch,FlashURLRedirection,RTAV,MMR. The Core property is
required when you use ADDLOCAL= to specify selected features.
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.
Silent Installation Properties for the Remote Experience Agent
In a silent installation command, you can use the MSI property, ADDLOCAL=, to specify Feature Pack
components that the Remote Experience Agent installer configures. Each silent installation feature
corresponds to an installation option that you can select or deselect during an interactive installation.
For more information about these features, see “Remote Experience Agent Installation Options,” on page 15.
Table 3. Remote Experience Agent Silent Installation Features and Interactive Installation Options
Silent Installation Feature Installation Option in an Interactive Installation
HTMLAccess HTML Access Agent
FlashURLRedirection Flash URL Redirection
RTAV Real-Time Audio-Video
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