Administrator Guide
• Configure Wyse Software thin client application inventory
• Create and deploy standard application policy to thin clients
• Create and deploy advanced application policy to thin clients
• Create and deploy standard application policy to Wyse Software Thin Clients
• Create and deploy advanced application policy to Wyse Software Thin Clients
Important notes for Windows-based devices:
• Supports installation for Windows-based applications with extension .msi, .exe, .msu, .msp.
Application with any other extension is downloaded to %sytemdrive%\wyse\WDA" Ex: "C:\wyse\WDA.
• For deploying .exe applications by using Wyse Management Suite, follow the silent installation method. You must enter the appropriate
silent parameters if required. For example, VMware-Horizon-Client-4.6.1-6748947.exe /silent /install /norestart.
• Supports script deployments with file extensions .bat, .cmd, .ps1, .vbs.
Script with any other extension is downloaded to %sytemdrive%\wyse\WDA" Ex: "C:\wyse\WDA.
• Any script which is pushed by using Wyse Management Suite should be non-interactive which means there is no user interaction that
is required during the installation.
• In advanced application policy if there is a script/exe which returns value other than 0 then it is considered as a failure.
• In advanced application policy if pre-install fails then application installation is not continued.
• Any exe/scripts pushed by using standard application is reported as success with error code being updated in job status.
• For applications with extension msi/msu/msp standard error codes is reported. If application returns REBOOT_REQUIRED then
device goes through one extra reboot.
Important notes for Linux devices:
• Supports installation for Linux-based applications with extension .bin, .deb for ThinLinux 2.0 and .RPM for Thin Linux 1.0.
• Supports script deployments for ThinLinux devices with extensions .sh.
• In standard or advanced application policy if there is a script/deb/rpm which returns value other than 0 then it is considered as a
failure.
• In advanced application policy if pre-install fails then app installation is not continued.
Configure thin client application inventory
Steps
1. Click the Apps and Data tab.
2. In the left pane, go to App Inventory > Thin Client.
Application details are displayed in the Thin Client Inventory window.
3. To add an application to the inventory, place the thin client application files in the <repo-dir>\repository\thinClientApps
folder.
Wyse Management Suite Repository sends metadata for all the files to the Wyse Management Suite server periodically.
4. To edit the application, do the following:
a. Select the uploaded application from the list.
b. Click Edit App.
The Edit Application window is displayed.
c. Enter the note.
d. Click Save.
NOTE: Global suffix is added to the applications uploaded by the operator.
The applications that are present in different repositories are listed once. The Repository Name column displays the number of
repositories in which the application is present. You can hover over the column to view the name of the repositories. Also, the name of
the repository is color coded to specify the availability.
Configure Wyse Software thin client application inventory
Steps
1. Click the Apps and Data tab.
2. In the left pane, go to App Inventory > Wyse Software Thin Client.
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Apps and data