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1. On your VCM Collector, copy ...\VMware\VCM\AgentFiles\CM Remote Client.msi
to...\VMware\VCM\WebConsole\L1033\Files\Remote_Command_Files.
2. On your VCM Collector, copy ...\VMware\VCM\CollectorData\<YourEnterpriseCertificate>.pem to
the same location specified in step 1 (to...\VMware\VCM\WebConsole\L1033\Files\Remote_
Command_Files).
3. In VCM, select Console | Windows Remote Commands .
4. Click Add . The Remote Commands wizard appears.
5. Type the Name and Description of the your new command.
6. Click Next . The Remote Command page appears.
7. In the Type drop-down list, select VBScript.
8. In Command Text text box, copy and paste the following Script. Modify the script as specified in the
comments of the script.
N
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The script installs the Remote Client under the Windows directory rather than the Program
Files directory. It is not necessary to create the install directory on the target machine before running
the script.
Call DoWork
'Copyright 1999-2010 VMware, Inc.
'Coded by Ryan L.
'Description: Installs VCM Remote ver. 2
'Modified 4/27/2008 - Stephen S. Included Certificate file options
'Modified 7/7/2010 - VCM
Dim sCollName, sInstallDir, sVirDir, sAddRemove, sCertFile, bInstallCert
Sub DoWork()
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
sCollName = "YourCollectorName" 'Name of your VCM Collector machine in
quotes
bInstallCert = 1 'If the value is 1, the Enterprise Certificate is
installed. If the value is set to 0, the installation of the certificate
is skipped and it is assumed that the certificate is already present. The
Remote Client will NOT function until the Enterprise Certificate is
installed as specified in Step 2
sCertFile = "EnterpriseCert" 'The filename of your enterprise certificate
(.pem file) as identified in Step 2
sVirDir = "VCMRemote/EcmRemoteHttp.asp" 'Where you replace CMRemote with
the IIS Default Web Site virtual directory containing the
ECMRemoteHTTP.asp file
sInstallDir = WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%windir%") &
"\VMware\VCM Remote Client" 'The installation directory on the TARGET
machine
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