Add Omnissa Access Desktop Installer Files to Omnissa Access Virtual Appliances

When new versions of Omnissa Access Desktop are released, you copy and install the zip file from the Downloads page to each Omnissa Access virtual appliance in your deployment. You run the check-client-updates.pl command to deploy the installer files and restart the Tomcat service on each virtual appliance.

Prerequisites

• Users must have administrator privileges on their computers to install and automatically update the Omnissa Access Desktop application. If users do not have administrator privileges, you can use software distribution tools to distribute and update the application to your users.
• Schedule adding these installer files to the Omnissa Access virtual appliances during a maintenance window since the virtual appliance is restarted and this might interrupt user access.

Procedure

1. Download the Omnissa Access Desktop zip file from the Customer Connect Downloads page to a computer that can access the Omnissa Access virtual appliance.

2. Copy the zip file to a temporary location in the virtual appliance. For example:

   scpfilen.n.n-nnnnnnn.zip root@WorkspaceONEAccess-va.com:/tmp/

3. Log in to the virtual appliance as the root user.

4. Unzip and install the new zip file to the Downloads directory.

   /usr/local/horizon/scripts/check-client-updates.pl --install --clientfile /tmp/file.n.n.n-nnnnn.zip

   This script automatically unzips the file and copies the Omnissa Access Desktop installer file for the Windows computers to the /opt/omnissa/horizon/workspace/webapps/ROOT/client directory. It automatically updates to the /opt/omnissa/horizon/workspace/webapps/ROOT/client/cds directory, and updates the URL parameter value for the downloads link.

5. Restart the Tomcat service on the virtual appliance.

6. Repeat these steps for each Omnissa Access virtual appliance in your environment.

   Users can download the Omnissa Access Desktop application from their Omnissa Access accounts or via the download link, https://WorkspaceONEAccessFQDN/download. Users' Omnissa Access Desktop applications are automatically updated when they download the new version.