Packaging, Deploying Virtual Servers VMRC Client

Virtual Server Remote Control Client (vmrc) is applicable to connect to work , and with Virtual Server 2005 R2 virtual machine without the need for a Web browser . Sometimes its desirable to automate client tool is deployed in an area One way to do so is by wininstall music. In this article, I look at how to package as micro-vmrc Star devices, including a desktop shortcut. MSI establishment of a package, you will want to have a clean Windows XP test system in your disposal. On the XP system, you will be installed wininstall music, and then how to set up You vmrc.exe want to look at the installation. Wininstall music will be allows you to create a Microsoft software installation (MSI) package based on vmrc.exe teach you how to configure the XP system. Note that I chose document XP too Vista, in my procedures, because in reality it is still with the highest market share Workstation System .

To begin, you need to establish your baseline wininstall (cleaning) XP system, through the following steps: wininstall music download Web installation.

Once the download is complete, open Windows Explorer, navigate to download location, and then double-click "Downloads - wininstallle.exe" files. Once the download is complete document, the wininstall music, 2003 the installation wizard open. Click Next.

Reading product information, and click Next.

Through additional support information and click Next .

After full production information, and click Next .

Click "I accept¡­¡­" radio button, and click Next.

Registration information in the dialog box, enter your the names, companies, and electronic e-mail address, then click Next.

Customized settings in the dialog box, click Next.

Sharing in the name of the installation dialog box, leaving share Name column blank and click the next step.

Click on the install button to start the installation.

When installation is complete, click Finish.

Now wininstall Lok installation, follow these steps to create vmrc deployment package: click Start | All | wininstall music, launched wininstall 2003. After the 2003 Lok wininstall the central console is open, Click the File menu, and choose Operation found.

Found in the run dialog box, click OK.

Once wininstall music, started in 2003 found that the wizard, Click Next.

Specific name for the application, enter vmrc. If you want to, you can Editors position, and the new documents will be MSI In "br> be stored. When completed, click Next.

When prompted, vmrc directory does not exist, points elected upper left create it.

Choice of the documents found temporary locations (the default is C drive), and click the step.

Choice drives the discovery should monitor the click drive letter and then click the Add button. I assume the procedures The C drive use. Therefore, the C drive should be included on the hard drive scanning column. Once selected drive, click Next.

Document exclude use the default settings and click the step.

Use the default registration exclusion settings, and click Next .

Click Finish, can be found in order to complete a preliminary inventory system .

When prompted to say, after the completion of the previous snapshot Click OK.

When prompted to select applications, click Cancel.

Use Windows Explorer to create a folder to install the location of the XP test system . For example, you can create a folder called "Group C: Plan filesvmrc. " Vmrc.exe copy files from the "Group C : Plan filesmicrosoft virtual servervmrc customer " folder on the Microsoft Virtual Server system to the "C: Program filesvmrc" folder on the XP test system.

Open "C: Program filesvmrc" document folder, right-click on the vmrc . exe file, and choose to create a shortcut. Now renamed the "shortcut to vmrc "shortcut file to" open virtual machine "or what you like. At the end of the paper copy to the "C: Documents and settingsall usersdesktop "folder.

You can close Windows Explorer in XP test system.

Return to the 2003 Lok wininstall the central console, click document, and select the operation found.

When it is discovered that running dialog box open, click OK.

Click on "performance, snapshots" - button and click Next .

Successful in the conversion dialog box, click Close .

You to the new location and MSI packages, Click identified.

MSI programme is preparing to deploy. Note: You deployment package vmrc a whole folder, which is located in in the "C: Program filesondemandwininstallpackages" folder, by default .

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The system can be deployed now to copy the folder to any system it open, and double-click on vmrc.msi files. New MSI installation should be vmrc.exe files, and to create a desktop shortcut . In addition, you can deployment of a new MSI use Active Directory Group Policy Object (General Post Office). Instructions for the deployment of software via GPO, consider Microsoft support article, " how to use Group Policy remote installation of software, Windows Server 2003 " .