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VMware Agents Install Script

Aaron Rombaut

Order of Agent Install

  1. VMware Tools
  2. VMware Horizon Agent
  3. VMware Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM) Agent (Optional)
  4. VMware App Volumes Agent
# https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2118048
# https://powershellexplained.com/2016-10-21-powershell-installing-msi-files/

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# Install VMware Horizon Agent
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Start-Process C:\ImageBuild\agents\VMware-Horizon-Agent-x86_64-7.13.0-16975066.exe -Wait -ArgumentList '/s /v"/qn VDM_VC_MANAGED_AGENT=1 ADDLOCAL=BlastUDP,ClientDriveRedirection,Core,FLASHMMR,HelpDesk,NGVC,PerfTracker,RDP,RTAV,SmartCard,ThinPrint,TSMMR,V4V,VmVideo,VMWMediaProviderProxy,VmwVaudio,VmwVidd VDM_FIPS_ENABLED=1 REBOOT=ReallySuppress /l*v C:\ImageBuild\logs\HorizonAgent-Install.log"'

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# Install VMware Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM) Agent
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Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList '/i "C:\ImageBuild\agents\VMware Dynamic Environment Manager Enterprise 10.1 x64.msi" /qn NOADCONFIGFILEPATH="\\synology.aaronrombaut.com\Dynamic Environment Manager\dem-configuration\general" /l*v C:\ImageBuild\logs\DEMAgent-Install.log'

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# Install VMware App Volumes Agent
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Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList '/i "C:\ImageBuild\agents\App Volumes Agent.msi" /norestart /qn MANAGER_ADDR=app-001v.aaronrombaut.com MANAGER_PORT=443 EnforceSSLCertificateValidation=1 /l*v C:\ImageBuild\logs\AppVolumesAgent-Install.log'

This file can be downloaded below. Make sure to view the contents before running. Change the file extension to .ps1.

Install-AgentsDownload