Administrator Guide

Create and deploy advanced application policy to thin
clients
Steps
1. Copy the application and the pre/post install scripts (if necessary) to deploy to the thin clients.
2. Save the application and the pre/post install scripts in the thinClientApps folder of the local repository or the Wyse Management
Suite repository.
3. Go to Apps & Data > App Inventory > Thin Client and verify that the application is registered.
4. Go to Apps & Data > App Policies > Thin Client.
5. Click Add Advanced Policy.
Add Advanced App Policy page is displayed.
6. Enter the Policy Name.
7. From the Group drop-down list, select the group.
8. Select the Sub Groups check box to apply the policy to sub groups.
9. From the Task drop-down list, select the task.
10. From the OS Type drop-down list, select the operating system.
11. Select the Filter files based on extensions checkbox to filter the applications.
12. Click Add app, and select one or more applications under Apps. For each application, you can select a pre and post-install script under
PreInstall, PostInstall, and Install Parameters.
13. If you want the system to reboot after the application is successfully installed, select Reboot.
14. Click Add app and repeat the step to add multiple applications.
NOTE:
To stop the application policy at first failure, select Enable app dependency. If this option is not selected,
failure of an application affects the policy implementation.
If the application files are available on multiple repositories, then the number of repositories is displayed next to the file name.
15. To deploy this policy to a specific operating system or a platform, select either OS Subtype Filter or Platform Filter.
16. Specify the number of minutes the message dialog box should be displayed on the client.
A message on the client which gives you time to save your work before the installation begins.
17. To enable delay in implementation of the policy, select the Allow delay of policy execution checkbox. If this option is selected, the
following drop-down menus are enabled:
• From the Max Hours per Delay drop-down list, select the maximum hours (1–24 hours) you can delay the policy execution.
• From the Max delays drop-down list, select the number of times (1–3) you can delay execution of the policy.
18. From the Apply Policy Automatically drop-down list, select any of the following options:
• Do not apply automatically—This option does not apply any policy automatically to the devices.
• Apply the policy to new devices—This option automatically applies the policy to a registered device which belongs to a selected
group or is moved to a selected group.
• Apply the policy to devices on check in—This option is automatically applied to the device at check-in.
NOTE:
For Windows based devices, specify the silent installation parameters for .exe files to run the application in
the silent mode. For example, VMware-Horizon-Client-4.6.1-6748947.exe /silent /install /norestart.
19. Select the Skip write filter check check box to skip the write filter cycles. This option is applicable for Windows Embedded Standard
operating system devices and Wyse Software thin client devices.
20. To stop the installation process after a defined value, specify the number of minutes in the Application Installation Timeout field.
The default value is 60 minutes.
NOTE:
The Application Installation Timeout option is applicable only for Windows Embedded Standard devices and
Wyse Software thin clients.
21. Click Save to create a policy.
A message is displayed to enable the administrator to schedule this policy on devices based on group.
22. Select Yes to schedule a job on the same page.
23. Select any of the following options:
• Immediately—Server runs the job immediately.
• On device time zone—Server creates one job for each device time zone and schedules the job to the selected date or time of
the device time zone.
• On selected time zone—Server creates one job to run at the date or time of the designated time zone.
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