VMware DEM – Upgrade GPO Templates to v. 2312

Release date: January 30th 2024

Welcome to my VMware Dynamic Environment Manager series. In this session I will describe how I upgraded the VMware DEM GPO templates to v. 2312. According to VMware’s official documentation, this should be done as step 12 in the supported update sequence.

I start out by downloading the installation media from VMware Customer Connect

Previously I’ve done this manually, but this time I will be doing the admx-upgrade from my management server, using the PowerShell script below. The workflow of the script is as follows:

Prerequisites:

• PowerShell Administrative access to the server running the DEM Management Console
• Permissions to write to SYSVOL PolicyDefinitions folder
• Run script in Administrative Powershell session

dem-copyAdmx.ps1

# Dynamic Environment Manager Admx Upgrade script

$installDir = "C:Install"
New-Item -Path $installDir -type directory -Force

$demZip = "<network-path>VMware-DEM-Enterprise*.zip"
Expand-Archive -Path $demZip -DestinationPath $installDir

$admxSource = Get-Item $installDir*ADMX*

$admxDestination = '<network-path>PolicyDefinitions'

Copy-Item -Path $admxSource* -Destination $admxDestination -Recurse -Force

Remove-Item –path $installDir –Recurse -Force

This concludes my session about upgrading the DEM GPO Templates to v. 2312 and also completes my VMware DEM upgrade as this is the last step in the upgrade.

VMware Official Documentation:

• VMware Dynamic Environment Manager 2312 Release Notes
• VMware Dynamic Environment Manager Documentation

VMware DEM – Upgrades

My VMware DEM LAB Set Up

Disclaimer: Every tips/tricks/posting I have published here, is tried and tested in different it-solutions. It is not guaranteed to work everywhere, but is meant as a tip for other users out there. Remember, Google is your friend and don’t be afraid to steal with pride! Feel free to comment below as needed.