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Install an ACE Instance on a Single Windows Host

IfVMwarePlayerisnotalreadyinstalledonthemachine,theinstallationprogram

installsitbeforeinstallingthevirtualmachinefilesthatmakeuptheACEinstance.

Beforeyoubegin,considerthefollowingprerequisites:

 MakesurethehostcomputerhasenoughdiskspacefortheACEinstance.

 IfthisisthefirstinstallationofanACEinstanceontheuser’smachine,auserwith

administrativeprivilegesmustruntheinstallation.Onlyauserwith

administrativeprivilegescaninstallanduninstallVMw arePlayer.

 IftheACEinstanceincludesahostpolicy,auserwithadministrativeprivileges

mustruntheinstallation.Ahostpolicyisahostnetworkaccesspolicyorapolicy

thatrestrictswhichvirtualmachinescanrunonahost.See“SettingNetwork

AccessPolicies”onpage 402and“ControlWhichACEInstancesRunonaHos

t”

onpage 422.

Onlyonesetofhostpoliciescanbedeployedtoaparticularhost.Ifapackage

containshostpoliciesandthehostalreadycontainshostpoliciesfromanother

package,installationofthesecondpackagefails.

To install an ACE instance on a single Windows host

1IfVMwarePlayerisnotyetinstalledontheuser’smach

ine,loginto

thehost

computerastheAdministratoruserorasauserwhoisamemberoftheWindows

Administratorsgroup.

2DependingonwhetheryouareinstallingfromaCD,DVD,ornetworklocation,do

oneofthefollowing:

 ForCDsandDVDs,insertthefirstdisc.

 Foranetworklocation,navigatetothelocationoftheinstaller.

3Findthesetup.exefileanddouble‐clickit.

4Followtheprompts.

Installing an ACE Package Silently on Multiple Windows Hosts

IfyouareinstallingaVMwareACEpackageonanumberofWindowshostcomputers,

youmightwanttousethesilentinstallationfeaturesoftheMicrosoftWindows

Installer.Thistypeofinstallationrequiresthatthehostcomputershaveversion2.0or

lateroftheMSIruntimeengine.Thisversionofth

einstallerisavailableinversionsof

WindowsbeginningwithWindowsXP.Iftheruntimeengineisnotinstalled,see

“InstalltheMSI2.0RuntimeEnginefromanACEPackage”onpage 467.

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