Workspace Streaming

The SEV Agent is installed on all computers where you want to stream applications. The SEV Agent connects to the Streaming Server, authenticates users, and manages streamed applications on the computer.

The SEV Agent also installs the Workspace Virtualization Agent.

SEV Agent installer has a combined installer of SWS & SWV agents.

It can be installed in the following list of Operating Systems:

• Windows XP SP2 or greater
• Windows 7 - 32 & 64 bit OS
• Windows Vista - 32 & 64 bit OS
• Windows 2003 SP1
• Windows Server 2003 R2
• Windows Server 2008 - 64 bit OS

Different Client deployment methods:

• Installing Streaming client through Portal
• Silent / Script based installation of streaming client
• Installing the SEV Agents manually through GUI

Installing Streaming client through Portal

Launch IE browser and connect to the Streaming Portal (http://servername), the Streaming Portal automatically detects if the SEV Agents are installed on the computer. If the SEV Agents are not installed, you are prompted to install them automatically. This installation requires the computer to be restarted.

Pre requisites for installing Streaming Client through Portal:

• The current Windows user should be authorized to run ActiveX controls.
• Your Streaming Server should be added to the Trusted Sites Zone in Internet Explorer.
• If you are using Automatic login, the current Windows user must be logged on to the domain. If you are using manual authentication, the user must have a username and password assigned in the Streaming Console.

To override the default installation settings edit 'setupcfg.txt' file in the server.

Note: By default, Setupcfg.txt file can be found in the following location in the server machine:

Program Files\Symantec\Workspace Streaming\Server\launchserv\webapps\launchserv\new\setupcfg.txt).

Options in setupcfg file:

Setupcfg file lets you customize the Workspace Streaming and Workspace Virtualization Installation settings.

Options for altering the installation settings for Virtualization Agent:

Table 1

Options for altering default settings for SEV Agent:

Table 2

Silent / Script based Installation of Streaming agents

Method - I

To install the Streaming Agents through silent installation:

In SWS product installer folder - Disk1, Under the "Client" folder, copy the following files to a common location:

• SEVAgents.exe
• setupCfg.txt

Now, modify setupcfg.txt to provide the location of your Streaming Server and all other installation options and save it.

In the Setupcfg file, all parameters in Table - 1 & 2 shall be used to alter the client installation.

In the command prompt of the client machine, enter the following command:

C:/ <SEVAgents.exe _ absolute path> /s <SEV.CFG=setupcfg.txt file location>

Ex - C:\> SEVAgents.exe /s SEV.CFG=d:\temp\setupcfg.txt :

Method - II

We can also write a batch file to install the client, specifying all setupcfg file containing all parameters to alter the default installation.

The batch file can be set to return a error code, based on the result of the installation, which can be used to spot the reason for install failures.

Sample batch file:

@echo off
SEVAgents.exe /s sev.cfg=C:\setupcfg.txt
echo %errorlevel% > c:\temp\result_log.txt

These are some of the common MSI installer error levels returned, and will be saved to the result_log.txt file:

Method - III

Instead of saving all parameters to the Setupcfg file, they can also be entered in the command prompt as follows:

C:/><SEVAgents.exe _ absolute path> /s <all intended parameters>

All these Client installations require the computer to be restarted.