The Symantec Mail Security for Exchange (SMSMSE) console is used to perform a remote installation to a different server (see the following article for more details: Installing Mail Security on a remote server).  The installation fails with the following error message displayed in a dialog box:

Unable to determine SMSMSE port.  Using default of 8081.  Check the server to
verify install successfully completed on the server.  Server has been added to
the management tree.

Conditions

• The vpremote.dat file is configured with an installation path that contains spaces.

1. Open the following file in an editor (default location):

32-bit operating system: c:\Program Files\Symantec\CMaF\<version>\bin\Products\SMSMSE\6.5\Remote Install Files\vpremote.dat
64-bit operating system: c:\Program Files (x86)\Symantec\CMaF\<version>\bin\Products\SMSMSE\6.5\Remote Install Files\vpremote.dat

where <version> is replace by the version of CMAF installed.  The following is an example with SMSMSE 6.5 on 64-bit operating system:

c:\Program Files (x86)\Symantec\CMaF\2.1\bin\Products\SMSMSE\6.5\Remote Install Files\vpremote.dat

2. The following is an example of a customized vpremote.dat file with spaces in the installation directory:

setup.exe /v" /lvx* c:\smsmse_install.log INSTALLDIR=C:\folder with spaces NOT_FROM_ARP=1 REMOTEINSTALL=1 SMSMSE_RBAC_USERNAME=2k8domain\administrator" /s