Administrator Guide

Table Of Contents
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 policyThis policy allows you to install a single application package.
Advanced application policy—This policy allows you to install multiple application packages.
Image policyThis 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
specic time zone, or time zone that is congured on your device. For more information see Managing jobs.
Topics:
Application policy
Image policy
Managing le repository
Application policy
Wyse Management Suite supports the following types of application inventories and application deployment policies:
Conguring thin client application inventory
Conguring 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 le 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.
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