Administrator Guide
Apps and data
This section describes how to perform routine device application tasks, operating system imaging, inventory management, and set policies
by using the Wyse management console. The repository names are color coded to indicate the status.
• Standard application policy—This policy allows you to install a single application package.
• Advanced application policy—This policy allows you to install multiple application packages.
• Image policy—This policy allows you to install the operating system.
Deployment of application policies and operating system images to the thin clients can be scheduled immediately or later, based on a
specific time zone, or time zone that is configured on your device. For more information see Managing jobs.
Topics:
• Application policy
• Image policy
• Managing file repository
Application policy
Wyse Management Suite supports the following types of application inventories and application deployment policies:
• Configuring thin client application inventory
• Configuring Wyse Software thin client application inventory
• Creating and deploying standard application policy to thin clients
• Creating and deploying advanced application policy to thin clients
• Creating and deploying standard application policy to Wyse Software Thin Clients
• Creating and deploying 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
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.
Configuring thin client application inventory
To configure the thin client inventory, do the following:
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