Workstation User’s Manual
466 VMware, Inc.
Install an ACE Instance on a Single Windows Host
IfVMwarePlayerisnotalreadyinstalledonthemachine,theinstallationprogram
installsitbeforeinstallingthevirtualmachinefilesthatmakeuptheACEinstance.
Beforeyoubegin,considerthefollowingprerequisites:
MakesurethehostcomputerhasenoughdiskspacefortheACEinstance.
IfthisisthefirstinstallationofanACEinstanceontheuser’smachine,auserwith
administrativeprivilegesmustruntheinstallation.Onlyauserwith
administrativeprivilegescaninstallanduninstallVMw arePlayer.
IftheACEinstanceincludesahostpolicy,auserwithadministrativeprivileges
mustruntheinstallation.Ahostpolicyisahostnetworkaccesspolicyorapolicy
thatrestrictswhichvirtualmachinescanrunonahost.See“SettingNetwork
AccessPolicies”onpage 402and“ControlWhichACEInstancesRunonaHos
t”
onpage 422.
Onlyonesetofhostpoliciescanbedeployedtoaparticularhost.Ifapackage
containshostpoliciesandthehostalreadycontainshostpoliciesfromanother
package,installationofthesecondpackagefails.
To install an ACE instance on a single Windows host
1IfVMwarePlayerisnotyetinstalledontheuser’smach
ine,loginto
thehost
computerastheAdministratoruserorasauserwhoisamemberoftheWindows
Administratorsgroup.
2DependingonwhetheryouareinstallingfromaCD,DVD,ornetworklocation,do
oneofthefollowing:
ForCDsandDVDs,insertthefirstdisc.
Foranetworklocation,navigatetothelocationoftheinstaller.
3Findthesetup.exefileanddouble‐clickit.
4Followtheprompts.
Installing an ACE Package Silently on Multiple Windows Hosts
IfyouareinstallingaVMwareACEpackageonanumberofWindowshostcomputers,
youmightwanttousethesilentinstallationfeaturesoftheMicrosoftWindows
Installer.Thistypeofinstallationrequiresthatthehostcomputershaveversion2.0or
lateroftheMSIruntimeengine.Thisversionofth
einstallerisavailableinversionsof
WindowsbeginningwithWindowsXP.Iftheruntimeengineisnotinstalled,see
“InstalltheMSI2.0RuntimeEnginefromanACEPackage”onpage 467.
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