3 Deployment
This chapter discusses the various methods that can deploy HP Easy Shell to multiple thin clients. The best method depends on your use case and environment.
NOTE: All of the following methods discuss using HPDM for deployment. For more specifics on HPDM, see the HP Device Manager Administrator Guide.
Deploying a preconfigured thin client image
You can deploy HP Easy Shell by configuring it on a thin client image that will be captured and deployed to other thin clients. The most efficient way to deploy an image to multiple thin clients is via HPDM, which has preset templates for capturing and deploying an image.
Deploying HP Easy Shell to existing thin client images
Follow the instructions outlined here to deploy HP Easy Shell to existing thin client images.
1.
Configure HP Easy Shell on a single system, and then export the configuration as a registry file, as described in
Exporting and deploying an HP Easy Shell configuration on page 14 .
2.
Copy the registry file to the system running the HPDM Console.
3.
Use the HP FTP Software Component Browser to locate the HP Easy Shell package on the HP FTP site, and then generate a _File and Registry template for the package.
4.
Add a subtask to the template and import the registry file containing the exported configuration.
5.
Deploy the template to the target thin clients.
Exporting and deploying an HP Easy Shell configuration
This section outlines how to export an HP Easy Shell configuration to a registry file.
You can export an HP Easy Shell configuration as a Windows registry file so that it can easily be deployed to other thin clients.
NOTE: Be sure that HP Easy Shell is being deployed simultaneously or is already installed on each thin client.
1.
Click the Export button in the lower-left corner of the HP Easy Shell Configuration utility.
2.
Select the destination folder, and then enter a name for the configuration.
3.
Click Save.
NOTE: An HP Easy Shell configuration can also be exported to a registry file by entering the following in an administrator command prompt (be sure to include the double quotes around the file path if it contains spaces):
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hpeasyshell.exe /export "<registry file>.reg"
You can import the registry file into a _File and Registry template in HPDM. The template can then be used to deploy the configuration to the target thin clients.
You can also deploy the exported registry file to other thin clients in either of the following ways:
● Copy the registry file to another thin client, and then double-click the registry file to apply the settings.
● Use Group Policy to propagate the registry settings to certain domain users.
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