Dell Wyse Management Suite Version 1.
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Contents 1 Introduction....................................................................................................................................................4 Migration overview............................................................................................................................................................ 4 2 Prerequisites for migration.............................................................................................................................
1 Introduction This guide contains instructions to migrate from Wyse Device Manager (WDM) to the Wyse Management Suite environment. The target audience for this guide is enterprise customers with administrator privileges. You must have knowledge about various thin client operating systems, Wyse Device Manager, cloud infrastructure, network technologies, file system permissions, and user authentication technologies. Dell recommends that you migrate from WDM version 5.7.
9 Validate data imported from Wyse Device Manager to Wyse Management Suite—see Post-migration. 10 (Optional) Uninstall the Wyse Management Suite Import Tool—see Uninstalling Wyse Management Suite Import Tool.
2 Prerequisites for migration Ensure that you meet the following migration requirements from Wyse Device Manager (WDM) and Wyse Management Suite: • Wyse Device Manager • • Migration to Wyse Management Suite is supported from WDM version 5.7.2 or later. If you are using an earlier version of WDM, then upgrade WDM to version 5.7.2 or later. • WDM enterprise edition must be installed on your network. • Scheduled jobs or tasks in WDM must not be in progress state.
Supported environment for Wyse Device Manager Table 1. Supported environment for Wyse Device Manager Operating system Database • • • • • • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Enterprise Edition Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 32–bit Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 64–bit • • • • Wyse Device Manager Wyse Device Manager version 5.7.
Data Wyse Device Manager (WDM) Profile Resources associated with profiles Wyse Management Suite Supported platform Additional information Device configuration profile Profiles are moved in the pushed through Profile configuration policy. Manager. Windows Embedded Standard and Windows 10 IoT Enterprise Remote connections for vWorkspace cannot be migrated. Wallpaper and Windows wireless profile.
3 Using Wyse Management Suite Import Tool Wyse Management Suite Import Tool provides a solution to help administrators import the data from Wyse Device Manager (WDM) to Wyse Management Suite. This tool enables you to import RSP packages, Windows-based WCM resources, groups and device information in WDM views, and Windows-based profiles.
• Only Windows-based profiles in JSON format from Wyse Configuration Manager (WCM) can be imported. You cannot import ThinOS and ThinLinux WCM profiles. • Only Windows-based wireless profiles in XML format from WCM can be imported. • Scheduled jobs from Wyse Device Manager (WDM) cannot be imported. • When verifying the licenses, the import tool does not filter the unsupported devices in the Wyse Management Suite.
3 In the Username field, enter the user name to log in to the WDM database. 4 In the Password field, enter the password to access the WDM database. NOTE: The import tool validates the credentials with the credentials stored in the WDM database. 5 Select the Use Windows Authentication check box if you want to connect using Windows authentication instead of SQL authentication. If this check box is selected, then the user name and password fields are disabled.
4 Importing data inventory Data import is the process of importing data inventories from Wyse Device Manager (WDM) to Wyse Management Suite. In the WDM Import Task screen, you can perform each task independently. However, you must import the Windows-based WCM resources from WDM before importing the view and Windows profiles. For each group and its subgroup: • Wyse Management Suite creates a group with a group token enabled. The group token and group description are generated automatically.
NOTE: • Packages are imported even if they are part of pending updates or if they are assigned to Default Device Configuration (DDC). • Raw images are transferred to valid RSP packages. • If the disk size on the network drive is less than the size of selected packages, then the import tool displays an error message. • Configuration Packages cannot be imported using the RSP Packages import screen.
NOTE: • You can use the Search box to search for a resource in the list. Type the name of the resource in the Search box, and press Enter. • In the Wyse Management Suite Import Tool, the package name is prefixed with an underscore followed by the resource name. When you import the corresponding configurations, the tool updates the name in same manner. However, the WDM data remains unaltered, and the changes are made internally by the import tool.
Using existing WDM views To create groups and devices using one of the existing Wyse Device Manager (WDM) views: 1 On the View and WES Profiles screen, click the Create radio button. A drop-down list with the groups assigned to the selected view (except All Devices) is displayed. By default, all the groups under the view are selected for migration. 2 From the drop-down list, select a view and click Next. NOTE: • You can only select a view with nine or less levels of the group hierarchy.
NOTE: 2 • All Devices view in WDM cannot be imported. • You cannot assign more than one WDM Configuration Package to a group. • You can have multiple views in WDM, but you can import only one view to the Wyse Management Suite. If you do not want to import an existing view from WDM, then you can create a group hierarchy using the Build option, and complete the import activity.
Rollback capability Wyse Management Suite Import tool provides you with a Rollback option to erase all groups, devices, and profiles imported to Wyse Management Suite. CAUTION: The Rollback option erases all the data imported to Wyse Management Suite. Any group, device, or profile created by Wyse Management Suite administrator is also removed from Wyse Management Suite. After rollback, you can perform the view and profiles import activity again. To perform a rollback: 1 Go to the WDM Import Task screen.
5 Switching devices from Wyse Device Manager to Wyse Management Suite After you import all the devices from Wyse Device Manager (WDM) to Wyse Management Suite, the device registration status in the Wyse Management Suite console is displayed as Pre-registered. Deploy an RSP package to switch the Windows Embedded Standard, Windows 10 IoT Enterprise, ThinLinux, and SUSE Linux devices from WDM to Wyse Management Suite.
Deploying RSP package to ThinLinux devices To deploy an RSP package to the ThinLinux-based devices: 1 Download the RSP package from the Dell Digital Locker. 2 Register the downloaded RSP package to the Wyse Device Manager (WDM) v5.7.2 or later. 3 In the Other Packages section, select the registered RSP package, and click Package Script. The Package Script screen is displayed. 4 Click Edit, and replace the server URL with the Wyse Management Suite server URL in the RSP package script.
Deploying INI parameter to ThinOS devices Ensure that your devices run on ThinOS version 8.4 or later. To deploy an INI parameter to the ThinOS-based devices: 1 Create a wnos.ini file with the following INI parameters: Table 5. INI parameters ThinOS v8.5-based devices ThinOS v8.4-based devices AutoLoad=1 AutoLoad=1 SignOn=1 SignOn=1 WDAService=yes\ WDAService=yes\ Priority=WMS Priority=CCM WMSEnable=yes\ CCMEnable=yes\ Server=\ CCMServer=\ CAValidation=no\ GroupPrefix
6 Post-migration Verify the data imported from Wyse Device Manager (WDM) to Wyse Management Suite. You can use the event logs to compare the total file count and capacity. To verify that the data is successfully migrated: 1 Log in to the Wyse Management Suite. 2 On the Dashboard page, verify the device count for total devices imported from WDM. 3 On the Dashboard page, verify the summary of events for WDM import activity.
7 Uninstalling Wyse Management Suite Import Tool To uninstall Wyse Management Suite Import Tool: 1 Go to Control Panel, and click Programs > Programs and Features. 2 From the programs list, select Wyse Management Suite Import Tool. 3 Click Uninstall. The Wyse Management Suite Import Tool Uninstaller screen is displayed. By default, the Remove radio button is selected. 4 Click Next. After the uninstallation is complete, the uninstallation complete message is displayed. 5 Click Finish.
8 Troubleshooting This section describes some basic troubleshooting that you can implement when you experience any problem. • Problem—During migration, the data import activity fails. Solution—View the %programdata%WMS-Import\WMSImportLog.txt file for a detailed error log report, and ensure that the import failure is not due to unsupported data.
