User`s guide

Option Action
you include PORTNUMBER, you must include an Enterprise
Certificate by using the following syntax:
CERTIFICATEFILE="<drive>:\[mypath]\[mycert].pem"
For example:
msiexec.exe /qn /i
"C:\temp\CMAgent[VersionNumber].msi"
PORTNUMBER=2666
CERTIFICATEFILE=”x:\mypath\mycert.pem”
If you include PORTNUMBER, you must either include the path
to the certificate file, or supplement the CERTIFICATEFILE
parameter with the SKIP parameter .
INSTALLDIR Location to install the Agent. Use to change the default root
directory specification, which is %SystemRoot%\CMAgent.
For example:
msiexec.exe /qn /i
"C:\temp\CMAgent[VersionNumber].msi"
INSTALLDIR="C:\VCM"
CERTIFICATEFILE
Includes the Enterprise Certificate with either the path or the
SKIP parameter.
For example:
CERTIFICATEFILE="x:\[mypath]\[mycert].pem" or
CERTIFICATEFILE=”SKIP”
What to do next
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To confirm that the job finished running, click Administration and select Job Manager > History >
Other Jobs > Past 24 Hours.
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Collect Windows data from VCM managed machines. See "Collect Windows Data" on page 90.
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Enable UAC on the Windows 7, 2008, 2008 R2, or Vista machines in your environment. See "Enable
UAC After VCM Agent Installation" on page 89.
Manually Uninstall the VCM Windows Agent
When you no longer manage a Windows machine with VCM, you uninstall the Agent from that target
machine. If you used VCM to install the Agent, you must use VCM to uninstall the Agent.
After you remove the Windows Agent and remove the managed Windows machine from the list of
licensed machines, VCM no longer manages the Windows machine and you can no longer collect data
from it. To keep historical data, do not remove the Windows machine from VCM.
To remove the Windows machine, click Administration and select Machines Manager > Licensed
Machines > Licensed Windows Machines.
The Windows Agent uninstall executable file exists on the VCM managed machine if you installed the
Agent manually using CMAgentInstall.exe or CMAgentInstall.msi. Use this manual process to
uninstall the Agent only if you used either of these commands to install the Agent.
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