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Posted on by JeffGreenrc

Hi,

I have existing build/test vm, i want to know to use this vm for package generation through build and relase pipeline.

Please let guide me on how can i point current agent to point to new build server.

Thank you

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Thank you for quick response on this.

I tried suggestion in the link above but it didnt work. When i run the build pipeline, it is giving me this error :

No agent found in pool Default which satisfies the following demand: COMPUTERNAME. All demands: DynamicsSDK, COMPUTERNAME -equals ******, DotNetFramework, msbuild, vstest, Agent.Version -gtVersion 2.144.0

Also fyi, the build agent i am using has a capability name "COMPUTERNAME" which is pointing to existing build vm. I want it to point to another build vm.

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Each VM has its own agent, so you need to specify the computername for the VM that has the agent you want...?

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how can i update it/

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Sorry i am not understanding. Please elaborate in detail what should i do in existing build vm so that it points to existing agent.

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You're misunderstanding the architecture. An agent is a piece of software that is installed on a computer. When you deploy a build VM, LCS installs an agent on that build VM for you.

So if you want a specific "agent", you're really saying you want a specific build VM. So, if you know the computer name of the build VM, you can specify that computer name as outlined by the blog post.

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Thanks Joris. How can i manually install agent on existing vm?

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I'm sorry but the fact that you're asking that question sort of tells me you shouldn't be doing this.

Can you please tell me what it is you're trying to do? Can you just deploy a new build VM?

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Thanks Joris for your response.

I cannot provision new build vm. i have to use existing build vm and existing agent. Now how can i update existing agent to point to existing vm.

I looked at your earliest post, which is telling to update COMPUTERNAME property in agent. But the agent i am using, has this property already set and i cant seem to edit it.

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