Dell Wyse Management Suite Version 3.7 and 3.8 Administrator Guide

Create and deploy standard application policy to Wyse Software thin clients

1. In the local repository, go to softwareTcApps, and copy the application to the folder.
2. Go to Apps & Data > App Inventory > Wyse Software thin client and verify that the application is registered to Wyse Management Suite.
   NOTE The App Inventory interface takes approximately two minutes to populate any recently added programs.
3. Click Add Policy.
   Add Standard App Policy window is displayed.
4. Enter the Policy Name.
5. From the Group drop-down list, select the group.
6. From the Task drop-down list, select the task.
7. From the OS Type drop-down list, select the operating system.
8. Select the Filter files based on extensions checkbox to filter the applications.
9. From the Application drop-down list, select the application.
   If the application files are available on multiple repositories, then the number of repositories is displayed next to the file name.
10. To deploy this policy to a specific operating system or a platform, select either OS Subtype Filter or Platform Filter.
11. From the Apply Policy Automatically drop-down list, select any of the following options:
    • Do not apply automatically—This option does not apply a 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 to the device that is moved to a selected group. When this option is selected, the policy is applied to all the new devices that are registered to the group. To run the job on the existing devices present in the group, you must schedule the policy. After you schedule the policy, the job status displays the count of devices that are already present in the group. The job status of the newly added device count that are registered is not displayed.
    • Apply the policy to devices on check in—This option is automatically applied to the device at check-in. When this option is selected, the policy is applied to all the devices present in the group. To run the job on existing devices present in the group immediately or at a scheduled time before the device check-in, you must schedule the policy. After you schedule the policy, the job status displays the count of devices that are already present in the group.
    NOTE The job status of the newly added device count that is checked in to Wyse Management Suite is not displayed.
    NOTE For Windows-based devices, specify the silent installation parameters for .exe files to run the application in the silent mode. For example, VMware-Horizon-Client-4.6.1-6748947.exe /silent /install /norestart.
12. To stop the installation process after a defined value, specify the number of minutes in the Application Installation Timeout field. 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.
13. Click Save to create a policy.
    A message is displayed to enable the administrator to schedule this policy on devices based on group.
14. Select Yes to schedule a job on the same page.
15. Select any of the following options:
    • Immediately—Server runs the job immediately.
    • On device time zone—Server creates one job for each device time zone and schedules the job to the selected date or time of the device time zone.
    • On selected time zone—Server creates one job to run at the date or time of the designated time zone.
16. To create the job, click Preview and schedules are displayed on the next page.
17. You can check the status of the job by going to the Jobs page.