Administrator Guide

Conguring Wyse Software thin client application inventory
To congure the Wyse Software thin client inventory, do the following:
1 Click the Apps and Data tab.
2 In the left pane, go to App Inventory > Wyse Software Thin Client.
3 To add an application to the inventory, place the thin client application les in the <repo-dir>\repository\softwareTcApps folder.
Wyse Management Suite Repository sends metadata for all the les to the Wyse Management Suite server periodically.
Creating and deploying standard application policy to thin
clients
To deploy a standard application policy to thin clients, do the following:
1 In the local repository, go to thinClientApps, and copy the application to the folder.
2 Ensure that the application is registered by navigating to the Apps & Data tab and selecting Thin Client under App Inventory.
NOTE: The App Inventory interface takes approximately two minutes to populate any recently added programs.
3 Click Apps & Data.
Apps & Data page is displayed.
4 In App Policies, click Thin Client.
5 Click Add Policy.
Add Standard App Policy window is displayed.
6 Enter the Policy Name.
7 From the drop-down list, select the Group.
8 From the drop-down list, select the Task.
9 From the drop-down list, select the OS Type.
10 From the drop-down list, select the Application.
11 To deploy this policy to a specic operating system or a platform, select either OS Subtype Filter or Platform Filter.
12 Timeout displays a message on the client which gives you time to save your work before the installation begins. Specify the number of
minutes the message dialog box should be displayed on the client.
13 To allow delay in implementation of the policy, select the Allow delay of policy execution check box. 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.
14 From the Apply Policy Automatically drop-down list, select any one of the following options:
• Do not apply automatically— This options 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 les to execute the application in
the silent mode. For example, VMware-Horizon-Client-4.6.1-6748947.exe /silent /install /norestart
15 Click Save to create a policy.
A message is displayed to allow the administrator to schedule this policy on devices based on group.
16 Select Yes to schedule a job on the same page.
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