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srodenburg
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Re-installing View Agent 7.12 on RDSH2016 does not overwrite existing registration

Hello,

When deploying a fresh new RDSH VM with my unattended install script, the server appears in View Admin automatically and I can add it to a farm. So that part works. The script is good.

If I uninstall the agent (old version for example) and re-install the agent, with the same script, on the same RDSH VM, the installation works fine but the host stays in "not responding" mode. I have to remove it from the farm and then from the registered hosts, then re-install. Only then the host re-registers again without problems.

In other words, for some reason, the old entry of the exact same VM does not get overwritten. If I run the exact same script in Interactive mode, I get the message that the host is already registered and asks the question if I want to overwrite it. When I say yes, the host goes into the reachable state and all is fine.

So what i'm somehow missing is this "yes overwrite the existing entry" in unattended form. I need the unattended script to say "yes overwrite registration" so to speak. But I can't find anything in the documentation concerning unattended install parameters (the only parameters I can find are the Connection server name, the account and password).

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MPC23
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Same issue here with 7.13.1 agent on server 2016 & 2019.  Just opened an SR since we expect to preform these types of updates more frequently due to Log4j versions.

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