Installing a VRM Windows agent
![[CAUTION: ]](images/caution.png) | CAUTION: VRM Windows agents can be installed on Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2. A Windows server can have only one VRM Windows agent. | |
Install VRM Windows agents for IMC to manage Microsoft Hyper-V servers on the network.
When the Microsoft Hyper-V servers are managed by Microsoft VMM servers, install VRM Windows agents on Microsoft VMM servers as a best practice. A VRM Windows agent can manage up to 50 Hyper-V servers. If more than 50 Hyper-V servers exist on the network, install additional VRM Windows agents.
Before you run the VRM agent installer, make sure the .NET Framework 4.5 and PowerShell 3.0 applications are already installed on the server. The applications are available on the Microsoft website.
To install a VRM Windows agent:
Decompress the vrm-plug-windows.zip file in the tools directory of the IMC installation package.
Save the decompressed files to a local directory on the server to install the VRM agent.
Run Register.bat in the vrm-plug-windows directory.
The installation program verifies installation of .NET Framework 4.5 and PowerShell 3.0. Then, it installs the VRM Windows agent and automatically closes after the installation is complete.
Do not delete the vrm-plug-windows directory or the files in the directory after installation. It is the service registration path.
Use Notepad to open the imf.cfg file in the \vrm-plug-windows\serverimf\server\conf directory.
Edit the imf.cfg file:
Set the value of IMGAddress to the IP address of the IMC server.
Set the value of IMGPort to the IMG port number, which is 8800 by default.
Save and close the file.
Start the iMC VRM Agent service:
Click Start, and then select Administrative Tools > Component Services.
On the Component Services page, select Services (Local) from the navigation tree.
On the Service (Local) list, right-click IMC VRM Agent, and then select Start.
If a VRM Windows agent was previously installed, run the UnRegister.bat script in the vrm-plug-windows directory to uninstall the VRM Windows agent first.