Administrator Guide

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 Select the Filter les based on extensions checkbox to lter the applications.
11 From the drop-down list, select the Application.
If the application les are available on multiple repositories, then the number of repositories is displayed next to the le name.
12 To deploy this policy to a specic operating system or a platform, select either OS Subtype Filter or Platform Filter.
13 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.
14 To allow 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.
15 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.
16 To stop the installation process after a dened value, specify the number of minutes in the Application Installation Timeout eld. 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.
17 Click Save to create a policy.
A message is displayed to allow the administrator to schedule this policy on devices based on group.
18 Select Yes to schedule a job on the same page.
19 The application policy job can run:
a Immediately—Server runs the job immediately.
b On device time zone—Server creates one job for each device time zone and schedules the job to the selected date/time of the
device time zone.
c On selected time zone—Server creates one job to run at the date/time of the designated time zone.
20 To create the job, click Preview and schedules are displayed on the next page.
21 You can check the status of the job by navigating to the Jobs page.
Creating and deploying advanced application policy to thin
clients
To deploy an advanced application policy to thin clients, do the following:
1 Copy the application and the pre/post install scripts (if necessary) to deploy to the thin clients. Save the application and the pre/post
install scripts in the thinClientApps folder of the local repository or the Wyse Management Suite repository.
2 Go to Apps&Data > AppInventory and select Thin Client to verify if the application is registered.
3 Click Thin Client under App Policies.
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Apps and data