Silent Install View Agent
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Upgrade Horizon Agent
No easy way to do this. Consultants and the internet state you need to
- Uninstall Agent
- Reboot
- Uninstall VMTools
- Reboot
- Install VMTools
- Reboot
- Install Agent
There was one desktop that I was unable to gain access, which made it difficult to remove the software. Found an article [5] that explained how to use wmic to remotely remove software. This is the process I am working on to automate some of this process when using full clones instead of linked clones.
Remove VMTools
Get-WmiObject -Class win32_product -ComputerName "testcomputer" | where {$_.name -match 'vmware tools'}
Remove Horizon Agent
Get-WmiObject -Class win32_product -ComputerName "testcomputer" | where {$_.name -match 'vmware horizon agent'}
VMTools Install Options
setup64.exe /s /v"/qn /l*v c:\vtools.log ADDLOCAL=ALL"
Agent Install Options
VMware-Horizon-Agent-x86_64-7.7.0-11054235.exe /v" /qn INSTALL_VDISPLAY_DRIVER=1 /l*v c:\H477.log ADDLOCAL=Core,USB,RTAV,ClientDriveRedirection,ScannerRedirection,GEOREDIR,ThinPrint,SmartCard,VmwVaudio,SdoSensor,PerfTracker"
- ↑ https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1019862
- ↑ https://pubs.vmware.com/view-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.view.administration.doc%2FGUID-0B32D33F-152F-45EC-AC2C-F523D9432426.html
- ↑ https://pubs.vmware.com/horizon-7-view/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.horizon-view.desktops.doc%2FGUID-3096DA8B-034B-435B-877E-5D2B18672A95.html
- ↑ https://pubs.vmware.com/horizon-7-view/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.horizon-view.desktops.doc%2FGUID-1FD90D4D-0C7C-4E9E-B12D-974ABF15E398.html
- ↑ https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/179-using-a-command-line-to-uninstall-software-on-remote-pcs
- ↑ https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1077878-powershell-script-to-uninstall-applications-remotely
- ↑ https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vmtools.install.doc%2FGUID-CD6ED7DD-E2E2-48BC-A6B0-E0BB81E05FA3.html
- ↑ https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc/GUID-E45C572D-6448-410F-BFA2-F729F2CDA8AC.html#GUID-E45C572D-6448-410F-BFA2-F729F2CDA8AC
- ↑ https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Horizon-7/7.7/horizon-virtual-desktops/GUID-3096DA8B-034B-435B-877E-5D2B18672A95.html?hWord=N4IghgNiBcIM4EsIFMB2AXABA1d2QkwAsB7AJwQC8TVMwBzNdEAXyA
