User`s guide

Procedure
1. On the target machine, create a folder and copy the files from the Collector to the target folder.
File Description
CM Remote Client.msi
Located on the Collector at
[install
path]\VMware\VCM\AgentFiles
.
CM_Enterprise_Certificate_
xxx.pem
(Optional) Located on the Collector at
[install
path]\VMware\VCM\CollectorData
. Copy the file if you do
not have or are not using the Enterprise certificate located in the
remote machine's certificate store.
2. At a command prompt, edit the installation command for you environment, and run the command.
If the names and paths contain spaces, you must use double quotation marks.
msiexec.exe /qn /i "[path]\cm remote client.msi" COLLECTOR="YourCollectorName"
PATHTOASP="VCMRemote/ecmremotehttp.asp" INSTALLDIR="c:\Program Files
(x86)\VMware\VCM Remote Client” CERTIFICATE_
FILE="[path]\YourEnterpriseCertificateName.pem" /l*v "[path\]filename.log"
Option Description
/qn
No error messages appear during
installation.
[path]\cm remote client.msi
Path to the CM Remote Client.msi on the
target machine.
COLLECTOR=YourCollectorName
Replace <YourCollectorName> with the
name of your VCM Collector.
PATHTOASP=VCMRemote/
ecmremotehttp.asp
Path to the IIS Default Web Site virtual
directory containing ecmremotehttp.asp.
INSTALLDIR:c:\Program Files
(x86)\VCM\CM Remote Client
Path where you want the VCM Remote
client files installed. The directory is created
by the command.
CERTIFICATE_
FILE=[path]\YourEnterprise
CertificateName.pem
Certificate path and name on the target
machine.
If you are using an existing Enterprise
certificate in the client certificate store, you
use SKIP_CERTIFICATE_FILE=1 instead of
CERTIFICATE_FILE=[path]
\YourEnterpriseCertificateName.pem
.
If the certificate does not exist in the store,
any communication between the client and
the Collector will fail.
/l*v [path\]filename.log
Error messages added to the log file in the
specified path. If the path is not specified, the
log file is saved in the directory from which
the msiexec.exe was run. The log files are
a useful troubleshooting tool.
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