Unattended setup of VMRCplus

matthts — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:40:00 GMT

I received several inquiries about installing VMRCplus in an unattended way. Most people were able to install VMRCplus that way but could not figure out how to install the Virtual Server COM API also. Just for the complete picture I have outlined both installation options below. To install VMRCplus using the defaults use:

msiexec /i vmrcplus.msi

This will install VMRCplus using the default location and without the Virtual Server COM API.

To install VMRCplus with the Virtual Server COM API use:

msiexec /i vmrcplus.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL

This will install VMRCplus as the previous step but also the Virtual Server COM API.
You can suppress any output by adding msiexec switches like /quiet /passive.

Installing VMRCplus

matthts — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:06:00 GMT

Setup

VMRCplus has a very straightforward installation process. If you do not want to change the location of VMRCplus, you only have two options left. Either you use the defaults or you add the Virtual Server COM object (VSCOMAPI).

The default installation (meaning you leave everything default by clicking Next) results in a local installation of VMRCplus without the Virtual Server COM object. This type is meant for a local installation on a Virtual Server host. Virtual Server already registered the COM object so you should not (must not) install it through VMRCplus.

If you want to remotely manage Virtual Server AND you do not have Virtual Server installed on the machine you install VMRCplus on, you must install VSCOMAPI. If you don't, you will get the message that the COM object could not be found.

Platform architecture

VMRCplus exists in two packages for two platform architectures; an x86-package for 32-bit operating systems and an x64-package for 64-bit operating systems. The x64-package is for x64 (AMD64); there is no support for IA64 (as there is also no support for IA64 by Virtual Server).
Although you might expect the x86-package to work on x64, it won't. It allows you to install however which is fixed in a newer build.
So always install the x64-package on x64 architecture.

Matthijs's blog : Setup

Unattended setup of VMRCplus

Installing VMRCplus