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• An up-to-date collector that has connected to the Virsae platform and is reachable by remote workers.
• A copy of the silent installer.
• Configured a group in the web portal
• Administrator-level permissions on the machine where the client will be installed.

Getting What You Need

If you do not have one or any of the above-mentioned requirements, the following sections will provide instructions on how to meet these requirements.

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The installer accepts all of the default command line arguments provided by an MSI, as well as two additional arguments: CGWS and GROUP.

You can use either Command Prompt or PowerShell to install.

Installing Via Command Prompt

To get started with the installation we need to open Command Prompt in administrator mode.

First, press the Windows Key on your keyboard or click the Start icon on your taskbar.

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Next search for "Command Prompt".

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Find the "Command Prompt" option in the results.

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Next press "Run As Administrator"

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After opening the command-line interface, use the Installation Commands section to create an installation string.

Install Via Powershell

To get started with the installation we need to open Powershell in administrator mode.

First, press the Windows Key on your keyboard or click the Start icon on your taskbar.

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Next search for "Powershell".

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Find the "Powershell" option in the results.

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Next press "Run As Administrator"

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After opening the command-line interface, use the Installation Commands section to create an installation string.

Installation Commands

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To install a program via the your preferred command-line interface use the following string:

// Command Propmt
> msiexec /i "C:\Path\To\MachineProxyAgentE_Installer.msi" /qn /norestart

//Powershell
> Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList '/i C:\Path\To\MachineProxyAgentE_Installer.msi /qn /norestart' 

Enable Installer Logging

A full list of logging options are available here.

For ease of reference, you can activate verbose logging using the /L*v switch.

// Command Prompt
> msiexec /i MachineProxyAgentE_Installer.msi /qn /norestart /L*v "C:\path\to\install.log"

//Powershell
> Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList '/i C:\Path\To\MachineProxyAgentE_Installer.msi /L*v "C:\path\to\install.log /qn /norestart'

CGWS Argument

CGWS takes a semi-colon separated list of IP addresses or Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) that represent the location of collectors that a VSM Everywhere client can connect to.

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