Installation guide

Procedure

1. Click Start and select All Programs > Administrative Tools > Server Manager.

2. In the navigation pane, expand Roles and click Remote Desktop Services.

3. In the Remote Desktop Services pane, scroll down to Role Services.

4. Click the Remote Desktop Session Host role service to highlight it.

5. Click Remove Role Services.

6. Deselect the Remote Desktop Session Host role service and follow the prompts to finish disabling the

Remote Desktop Session host role.

Enable DCOM

The Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) protocol allows application components to interact

across Windows machines. DCOM must be enabled on the Windows machine to install and run VCM.

Although DCOMis enabled by default when Windows Server 2008 R2 is installed, DCOMmight have

been disabled by a custom installation or a lock-down script.

Procedure

1. Click Start and select All Programs > Administrative Tools > Component Services to open

Component Services.

2. In the Component Services navigation pane, expand Component Services and expand Computers.

3. Right-click the computer and click Properties.

4. Click the Default Properties tab.

5. Select Enable Distributed COM on this computer and click OK.

What to do next

Install the .NET framework. See "Install the .NET Framework" below.

Install the .NET Framework

To support library and language interoperability, the VCMCollector must have the required versions of

the .NET Framework installed.

VCM 5.7 requires the .NET 3.5.1 Framework. If you use Package Studio, the VCM Collector must have

.NET 3.5.1 installed. If you use Package Manager, the VCM Collector must have .NET 3.5.1 or .NET 4.0

installed.

Determine the installed version of the .NET Framework. If one of the .NET Framework versions is

missing, install the version from the Microsoft download Web site.

Procedure

1. Click Start and select All Programs > Administrative Tools > Server Manager.

2. Click Features.

3. Verify that .NET Framework 3.5.1 appears in the feature summary.

4. If .NET Framework 3.5.1 does not appear, under Features select Add Features and select .NET 3.5.1.

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