Deploy the DSM Agent on the Golden Template

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Deploy the DSM Agent on the Golden Template

Client Automation provides different DSM agent packages depending on the functionalities you need. At the minimum, you need the DSM common agent and software delivery agent (CA DSM Agent + Software Delivery plug-in). If you want the complete functionality, deploy the CA DSM Agent + AM, RC, SD plug-ins package.

Note: DSM agent refers to the DSM common agent and the software delivery agent (CA DSM Agent + Software Delivery plug-in) not the full agent as mentioned.

Deploying the DSM agent on the golden template ensures that the DSM agent is available on the virtual desktops that are created from the golden template. The golden template and all the virtual desktops are added as managed computers in Client Automation.

Follow these steps:

Navigate to Control Panel, Deployment, Infrastructure Deployment Wizard from DSM Explorer.
Follow the instructions in the wizard and perform the following tasks:
- Select an agent package depending on the functionalities you need.
- Select the golden template as the target computer in the wizard.
- Enter the IP address or fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the scalability server with which the deployed agent is registered.
Click Finish.
A deployment job is created under Control Panel, Deployment, Deployment Job Status. The job is pushed to the golden template.
Monitor the job status in the Control Panel, Deployment, Deployment Job Status node.
After the deployment is successful, the agent is automatically registered with the scalability server. After the registration, the golden template appears in the domain manager.

Note: By default, golden template and the virtual desktops that are provisioned out of it, report to the same scalability server. You can assign a different scalability server for a range of virtual desktops depending on the virtual desktop naming pattern. See (Optional) Assign Scalability Servers to Virtual Desktops.