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You can add the following arguments if you want to specify locations other than the default
directories:
REPOSITORY_ROOT=C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VCM\Tools\Repository\ (Defaults to
this or uses the Repository’s value if it is already installed)
PACKAGESTUDIO_DIR="C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VCM\Tools\Package Studio\"
(defaults to this path)
The Package Studio is installed to the location specified during installation. The default location is
C:\Program Files\VMware\VCM\Tools\Package Studio (on 32-bit machines) or C:\Program
Files (x86)\VMware\VCM\Tools\Package Studio (on 64-bit machines).
To start Package Studio, click Start and select All Programs > VMware vCenter Configuration Manager
> Tools > Package Studio, or open the Package Studio folder and double-click PackageStudio.exe.
Manually Uninstall Package Studio
Use the following script to run an unattended uninstall the Package Manager.
Prerequisites
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To uninstall the application, you must use the version of the PackageStudio.msi that was used to
install the application.
Procedure
1. Copy the PackageStudio.msi to the machine on which you are uninstalling the application. You can
also run it from a shared location.
2. Run the installation file using the following command line syntax:
msiexec /x [path]\PackageStudio.msi /l*v %temp%\PackageStudio.log
When Package Studio is uninstalled from a machine, the locally saved projects and .crate files remain on
the machine, allowing you to copy them to another machine or to delete them manually if they are not
needed.
Install Package Manager on Managed Machines
The Package Manager, which installed on the target machines, manages the installation of the software
packages. It does not contain the software packages, only pointers to the packages in the repository
sources of which it is aware. When directed to install, the package is copied from the repository to the
cratecache folder on the target machines. It is from this location that Package Manager upzips the files to
the %TMP% directory and runs the configured installation.
The Package Manager is automatically installed on target machines when the 5.3 VCM Agent or later is
installed.
When a Remove Package action is sent to Package Manager, it checks first for the package in the
cratecache. If it is not found, it then checks the repository sources for the package, and again copies it to
the target machine's cratecache folder. It is from this location that it unzips the files. The configured
uninstall files may be run form the zip directory.
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