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Just Released! What’s new with Wyse Management Suite 1.3?

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Dell Releases Wyse Management Suite 1.3

The Dell Wyse team has recently released Wyse Management Suite (WMS) 1.3 and also updated the cloud hosted version at www.wysemanagementsuite.com!

You can see a quick summary of the new features below.

You can download this new WMS 1.3 and documentation from here.

New features

Wyse Management Suite – Error pulling Windows 10 IoT Image

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In some recent lab testing I ran into the following error: “CCM on-prem Server authentication token is not available in configuration file.”

I got this error when attempting to pull a Windows 10 IoT Image off a Wyse 5060 client.

The fix was to push the updated Merlin package, aka boot agent, to the device prior to capturing image.

This package is already pre-loaded in the Wyse Management Suite software and listed under “Apps & Data\App Inventory\Thin Client” – MerlinPackage_Common.exe.

You will need to create and App Policy containing this package and push to the client.

  1. To create App Policy go to, Apps & Data\App Policies\Thin Client\Add Policy
  2. Complete the policy using the details below:
  3. Once policy is created, go to, “Jobs\Schedule App Policy” and create your policy similar to below:
  4. Once the policy is pushed successfully you should now be able to pull the image!

Error details:

(Status: Failed – [ERROR: CCM on-prem Server authentication token is not available in configuration file. (error code : 107).]
[ERROR STAGE: Repository validation.]
[REASON: Configuration file is missing authentication token of on prem Server.]
[SOLUTION: Make sure config file is updated with proper CCM on prem Server authentication token.]
| (107))

Hope this helps someone else down the road!

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Additional support resources as noted below:

Dell TechCenter Wyse Product Support Forums – these are a great resource for getting up and running with the solutions as well as tips and tricks for troubleshooting common issues. Once you join the Dell TechCenter community you will have a variety of resources to get started!

Dell Wyse Support Site – Wyse documentation, log support incident, etc…

Available categories with forum and topic lists:

  • Wyse general forum: for discussions that, for example, span multiple categories, involve end-to-end methods, heterogeneous environments, new use cases or topics not found under the support documentation or existing discussions.
  • Wyse thin clients: includes Cloud Connect, Linux, Windows Embedded Standard, ThinOS and zero clients for Citrix, MultiPoint Server and VMware.
  • Wyse software: includes Wyse Management Suite, Wyse Device Manager, Wyse WSM and Wyse Virtualization Software

Wyse Converter for PCs Installation Steps

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The following steps outline the typical installation of Wyse Converter for PCs

  1. Download a copy of Wyse Converter for PCs here
  2. Ensure the PC you wish to convert meets the minimum requirements and pre-requisites noted here
  3. You will also want to get access to the Wyse Management Suite software to have a centralized way to configure and manage your converted PC’s. You can get access to Wyse Management Suite by going here. Alternatively, you can manually configure the device using local GUI during testing.
  4. Run ‘WyseConverterforPCs.exe’ on your Windows 7 or Windows 10 PC you wish to convert. Note: By default, you will get a 45 day trial license as part of the installation.
  5. Follow the steps below for a typical installation:
    7. After installation completes and PC reboots you will be brought to the following screen:

WyseUser2

8. By default, Converter for PC will auto-logon as the locked down Standard User, ‘WyseUser’ as noted in step 4. In order to login as ‘WyseAdmin’ hold down ‘shift’ key and log off and you will be brought to Windows logon screen where you can select the user account you want to log in as.

  • default credentials
    • username: wyseadmin | password: DellCCCvdi
    • username: wyseuser | password: DellCCCvdi

9. At this point, you can begin your configuration of the Citrix client, VMware client, etc… using one of 2 methods:

10. You can access documentation Wyse Converter for PC documentation here and Wyse Management Suite documentation here.

Additional support resources as noted below:

Dell TechCenter Wyse Product Support Forums – these are a great resource for getting up and running with the solutions as well as tips and tricks for troubleshooting common issues. Once you join the Dell TechCenter community you will have a variety of resources to get started!

Dell Wyse Support Site – Wyse documentation, log support incident, etc…

Available categories with forum and topic lists:

  • Wyse general forum: for discussions that, for example, span multiple categories, involve end-to-end methods, heterogeneous environments, new use cases or topics not found under the support documentation or existing discussions.
  • Wyse thin clients: includes Cloud Connect, Linux, Windows Embedded Standard, ThinOS and zero clients for Citrix, MultiPoint Server and VMware.
  • Wyse software: includes Wyse Management Suite, Wyse Device Manager, Wyse WSM and Wyse Virtualization Software

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Wyse Management Suite (WMS) DNS Discovery

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Once you have Wyse Management Suite (WMS) installed the next step is to automatically have your devices ‘find’ and check-in into your WMS server. This is accomplished by setting up a few DNS records that include the key WMS server information. I’ve outlined the DNS records that need to be setup and steps to setup on Microsoft Server 2012.

  • Service Location (SRV) Record
    • _WMS_MGMT
    • _WMS_MQTT
  • Text (TXT) Record
    • _WMS_GROUPTOKEN
    • _WMS_CAValidation

Steps to setup Service Location (SRV) Record on Microsoft Server 2012

  1. On your DNS server navigate to the domain you want, then right click on “_tcp”, and select “Other New Records”.

  2. To setup the 2 SRV records, select “Service Location (SRV) from the options.

  3. Setup your record for, “_WMS_MGMT”. This is the FQDN of your WMS server. Use the following options below:
    1. Domain: Your domain name
    2. Service: _WMS_MGMT
    3. Protocol: _tcp
    4. Priority: 0
    5. Weight: 100
    6. Port Number: 443
    7. Host offering this service: your_wms_server, i.e. wms1.dellse.local

  4. Setup your record for, “_WMS_MQTT”. This is a service port WMS uses. This is the FQDN of your WMS server. Use the following options below:
    1. Domain: Your domain name
    2. Service: _WMS_MQTT
    3. Protocol: _tcp
    4. Priority: 0
    5. Weight: 100
    6. Port Number: 1883
    7. Host offering this service: your_wms_server, i.e. wms1.dellse.local

  5. To setup the next 2 records, navigate to the domain you want, select that node, then right click and select “Other New Records”. *Note* do not select a sub node such as _tcp for these records.

  6. Select the “Text (TXT)” Record type:

  7. Setup your record for, “_WMS_GROUPTOKEN”. This is the specific Group Token/Profile that you setup and want to use. Use the following options below:
    1. Record Name: _WMS_GROUPTOKEN
    2. Fully qualified domain name (FQDN): _WMS_GROUPTOKEN.your_domain
    3. Text: defa-labdemo1
      1. This “Text:” field is the key that you want to use. You will get this from your WMS console where you setup your group profile under the key icon.

  8. Setup your record for, “_WMS_CAValidation”. If you are not using an SSL cert (default), then this value needs to be set to ‘False’. If you are using a cert, then this would be set to “True”. Use the following options below:
    1. Record Name: _WMS_CAValidation
    2. Fully qualified domain name (FQDN): _WMS_CAValidation.your_domain
    3. Text: False (or True, if using a cert)

9. Once you have these 4 options setup, you should see the following in DNS;

The following records should be listed under your_domain:

The other 2 records should be listed under, your_domain\_tcp

10. This completes the setup. Once your device boots up and does it’s DNS lookup it will populate the proper fields on the device, in this example, Wyse ThinOS: