Deployments in FileWave Central

What

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When/Why

Use a Deployment when you want to assign Filesets, applications, profiles, or other content to devices with consistent settings. For example, youYou can add anotheror appremove targets and content later without rebuilding the assignment, and all content in the Deployment uses the same applicable installation, timing, and license-distribution options.

How

Create or open a Deployment

Open Deployments in FileWave Central, then create a Deployment or open an existing one for editing.

At the top of the editor:

Enter a clear Name. Add Tags when you want to group or filter Deployments.

Add targets and Filesets

The left side of the editor contains the included Targets. The right side contains included Filesets or Fileset Groups.

Use the + beside Clients to add devices or groups as targets. Use the + beside Filesets to add Filesets or Fileset Groups. Use either search field to find items already included in the Deployment. The headings show the number of directly included items and the resulting total number of clients or Filesets.

You can also begin from selected Clients or Filesets elsewhere in Central. Choose Create Deployment… to create a new Deployment with that selection included, or Add to Deployment… to add it to an existing Deployment and have it inherit the same Kiosk availability or timing options as the other items in that Deployment.

How

Deployments in FileWave Central follow16.4 displays included targets and Filesets together in the sameDeployment three-editor.

Exclude devices or groups

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The Exclusions heading shows the number of directly excluded items and Exclusions:the resulting total number of excluded clients.

StepExpand 2 defines the content the targeted devices receive:

Step 3 defines Deployment options. In this example, the Filesets are published to Kiosk:

After you create a Deployment, you can edit it by nameExcluded to add devices or removegroups content,that should not receive the Deployment.

Configure Deployment options

Expand Options to configure the settings that apply to the Deployment's content.

Installation Type

Direct Installation delivers applicable Filesets directly to targeted devices. Kiosk Self-Service makes applicable Filesets available through Kiosk for users to install.

Timing

Timing is optional. Select a checkbox to set any supported stage:

Start downloading at Activate files at Make files inactive at Delete files at

License Distribution

License-distribution controls appear when they apply to the selected Filesets. If none of the selected Filesets support those options, Central reports that no license-distribution options apply.

Expand Options to choose an installation type and configure optional timing and license distribution when available.

Save and maintain the Deployment

Select OK to save the Deployment. You can reopen it later to change the name, tags, targets, Filesets, exclusions, or options.

After saving, update the FileWave Model to distribute the change.