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Introduction

This document discusses the different methods to install the GV Agent file on a single machine and across multiple machines. edited

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Basic Installation Method

Pre-requisites

• The MSI file of the agent.

• Windows 10 machine

• Admin access to install the agent

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1. Download the MSI file to the Windows machine

2. Make sure all the office applications are not open to ensure the clean installation of the agent

3. Double click on the agent to proceed with the installation

4. Check the box to accept the terms in the License agreement and click Install.
   

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Click “Yes” to allow the app to change your device.

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Note: In case the machine doesn't have access to the internet then either the microsoft website should be whitelisted or the executable file of the Visual Studio need to be brought inside to that machinet. Here is the download link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48217
Press “finish”. The agent is installed now

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Installation through CLI

Pre-requisites
The MSI file of the agent.

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Where the “FilePath” argument contains the path of the file that needs to be installed.

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Installation through group policy (GPO)

Pre-requisites
The MSI file of the agent.

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Don't forget to start updating the group policy object. To do this, open a command prompt on the domain controller and enter “gpupdate / force”
Once the update runs through you can go to one of your clients and restart the machine. Remember that for the software to be installed on a computer, you will need to do a hard reboot.

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Installation through SCCM

Pre-requisites

1. SCCM Server

2. Access to the SCCM Server

3. GV Agent MSI file
   

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1. Open SCCM and navigate to the Home tab and click on Applications. Then you need to create an application for the software to deploy

2. Create User Collection” to add a user group. In this progress, you need to set all the rules for deployment. From the Create User Collection Wizard browse and select the target distribution group. Here BPO users have been set as an example. Hit the “Next” button to finish the setting.

3. From the Deployment Settings, set the Action to install and the Purpose to Available. Click to check the box named “Require administrator approval if users request this application.” This will make the software available to the end user but will need administrator permission to install it. To finish the task, click on “Next”. The software in now deployed to the end user. Click on close to exit the program. You can check the details of deployment on the deployment completion page.

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Installation of the Generic Agent

The agent can be installed with the similar approach mentioned above but requires a configuration file as an addition along with the MSI file.

Pre-requisites
GV generic agent

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