Including the Default .rcf File with the MSI Installer

After you create the default.rcf file, you can include it in the same folder as the MSI installer (GVCInstallXX.MSI where XX is either 32, for 32‐bit Windows platforms, or 64, for 64‐bit Windows platforms) before running the installer. The installation process now copies the default.rcf to the program install directory. After this installation, when the user launches the Global VPN Client program, the connection(s) defined in default.rcf are used to create the configuration file Connections.rcf in the C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\SonicWall\Global VPN Client\ directory. This is the easiest method for Global VPN Client users.

To get the same profile (from default.rcf) to all the users during installation

1. Export the WAN groupVPN configuration from your SonicWall network security appliance (the VPN Gateway) or create default.rcf if you want multiple connections.

2. Rename the exported configuration file to default.rcf.

3. Extract the GVCInstallXX.MSI from GVCSetupXX.exe (where XX is either 32 for 32‐bit Windows platforms or 64 for 64‐bit Windows platforms) by typing this command line:

   GVCSetupXX.exe /T:<Path where you want MSI to be extracted> /C

4. Copy the default.rcf file to same directory where you have the GVCInstallXX.MSI (installer file).

5. Launch the installer (GVCInstallXX.MSI). The installation process copies default.rcf to the GVC Install directory.

6. After the install is complete and you start the Global VPN Client, it reads the default.rcf and creates the defined connections from it.

The default.rcf file must be included in the Global VPN Client installation directory C:\Program Files\SonicWall\Global VPN Client\ for the program to write the Connections.rcf file based on the settings defined in the default.rcf file.