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1. On your Collector, navigate to the Agent files directory at:
c:\Program Files\VMware\VCM\AgentFiles
2. Locate the CMAgentInstall.exe file, and then install it from a network share or copy it to the target
machine.
3. Navigate to the collector data directory at: c:\Program Files\VMware\VCM\CollectorData.
Locate the Enterprise Certificate .pem file. This file must be accessible during the agent installation. The
path used here is the default location. If your files are not in the default location, click Administration |
Settings | General Settings | Collector. In the data grid, go to the Root directory for all collector
files. The current path is displayed in the Value column.
NOTE If the Enterprise Certificate has been distributed by a mechanism outside of the scope of VCM,
such as a corporate Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), you may not need to include the Enterprise
Certificate file.
4. In Windows Explorer, double-click the CMAgentInstall.exe. You will be asked for the certificate
path and port.
If you are performing a silent install, on the target machine run the CMAgentInstall.exe using the
following parameters:
CMAgentInstall.exe /s INSTALLPATH=%Systemroot%\CMAgent PORTNUMBER=26542
CERTIFICATEFILE=<filename>
NOTE The %Systemroot% environment variable specifies the directory where Windows is installed
(typically \WINNT or \WINDOWS).
Where:
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CMAgentInstall.exe is the executable used to install the Agent.
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/s indicates a silent install, which means that popups and menus do not appear. When running
this command from the command line, VMware recommends using the /s option. When
performing a silent install, if the VCM Windows Agent is found locked, the installation will fail.
To unlock the Agent so that the installation will proceed, use the -UNLOCK option. When used,
the Agent will remain unlocked when the installation completes. The syntax is:
CMAgentInstall.exe /s -UNLOCK INSTALLPATH=%Systemroot%\CMAgent
PORTNUMBER=26542 CERTIFICATEFILE=<filename>
NOTE To re-lock your machine, submit a lock request from the VCM Collector.
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INSTALLPATH is the location where the Agent will be installed.
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PORTNUMBER is specified for HTTP Agents. If the PORT parameter is not present, the protocol
will be DCOM. In this case, the communication socket listener service will not be installed and
the certificate is not required.
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CERTIFICATEFILE is the certificate that was generated or specified on the Collector during the
Collector installation. The location of the certificate file will be in the path relative to where you
installed the software on the Collector, and by default is C:\Program
Files\VMware\VCM\CollectorData\[certificate name].pem. If you specify a
PORTNUMBER, but do not want to use a certificate, you must use the parameter
CERTIFICATEFILE=SKIP to allow an HTTP Agent without a valid CERTIFICATEFILE path.
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