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Maintaining or Deploying Clients with Local Updates or Snapshots

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Using ViewSonic Device Manager Establishing a Basic Administration Environment NOTE • For instructions on how to configure your ViewSonic Device Manager to use remote snapshots on another computer for client management, please refer to section "3.2.7 Configuring Remote Deployment Settings" on page 26. Another scenario is when you copy a snapshot file set from the installation directory of another ViewSonic Device Manager into the same installation directory of your ViewSonic Device Manager, this snapshot may not appear as an entry in the Snapshot list. NOTE • The default installation directory of ViewSonic Device Manager is C:\Program Files (x86)\ViewSonic. All snapshots taken or imported through ViewSonic Device Manager are placed in C:\Program Files (x86)\ViewSonic\snapshot, under an uppermost dedicated folder. To synchronize entries in the Snapshot list with your local or remote snapshots, please do the following: 1. On System tab, click Deployment > Snapshot. 2. The Snapshot list appears in Management area. 3. Click Scan Snapshot on the top of the list. 4. On completion, the snapshot is added as an entry in the Snapshot list. 3.2.7 Configuring Remote Deployment Settings You can deploy, maintain, and upgrade your thin clients from a remote computer with ViewSonic Device Manager. All required files (firmware, snapshot, or package files) can come from the same computer where your ViewSonic Device Manager is installed, or another computer with the needed files. Remote Deployment Configuration Option Required Actions Using local updates and snapshots Import or create all required files on the same computer where the governing ViewSonic Device Manager is installed Using remote updates and snapshots Configure settings to get all needed files from another computer Note Default NOTE • In ViewSonic Device Manager, the local updates and snapshots are used by default. Maintaining or Deploying Clients with Local Updates or Snapshots To maintain or deploy clients with internal updates or snapshots, please do the following: 1. On System tab, click Deployment > Deploy Server. 2. The Deploy Settings pane appears in Management area. 26

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Using ViewSonic Device Manager
Establishing a Basic Administration Environment
26
NOTE
For instructions on how to configure your ViewSonic Device Manager to use remote
snapshots on another computer for client management, please refer to section
“3.2.7 Configuring Remote Deployment Settings” on page 26.
Another scenario is when you copy a snapshot file set from the installation directory of another ViewSonic Device
Manager into the same installation directory of your ViewSonic Device Manager, this snapshot may not appear as an
entry in the Snapshot list.
NOTE
The default installation directory of ViewSonic Device Manager is C:\Program
Files (x86)\ViewSonic. All snapshots taken or imported through ViewSonic Device
Manager are placed in C:\Program Files (x86)\ViewSonic\snapshot, under an
uppermost dedicated folder.
To synchronize entries in the Snapshot list with your local or remote snapshots, please do the following:
1. On
System
tab, click
Deployment
>
Snapshot
.
2.
The Snapshot list appears in Management area.
3. Click
Scan Snapshot
on the top of the list.
4.
On completion, the snapshot is added as an entry in the Snapshot list.
3.2.7
Configuring Remote Deployment Settings
You can deploy, maintain, and upgrade your thin clients from a remote computer with ViewSonic Device Manager.
All required files (firmware, snapshot, or package files) can come from the same computer where your ViewSonic
Device Manager is installed, or another computer with the needed files.
Remote Deployment Configuration
Option
Required Actions
Note
Using local updates and snapshots
Import or create all required files on the same computer where
the governing ViewSonic Device Manager is installed
Default
Using remote updates and snapshots
Configure settings to get all needed files from another computer
NOTE
In ViewSonic Device Manager, the local updates and snapshots are used by default.
Maintaining or Deploying Clients with Local Updates or Snapshots
To maintain or deploy clients with internal updates or snapshots, please do the following:
1. On
System
tab, click
Deployment
>
Deploy Server
.
2.
The Deploy Settings pane appears in Management area.