So if I follow the ViewPlannerInstallationAndUsersGuide-20130717 procedure, and SKIP the "Install View Agent" section on p. 85, I can't see where I would ever run the Desktop Agent install. I did install the View Planner workload support file for the desktop template virtual machine on p. 86 successfully.
I think I discovered the steps I missed-- I did not run section B starting on p. 87, "Create the client template virtual machine". I think the terminology has me confused-- which is the "desktop agent", GoldenDesktop or GoldenClient? And can I just use GoldenDesktop as a template to create GoldenClient (seems like very similar VMs). Although I did notice that the procedure had only Win XP as an OS for GoldenClient. Anyway, I'll run this section and see if I'm then able to complete a run. Thanks again for helping me out.