Creating the Application Object to Apply the Personality

To create an Application object to apply the personality to users' workstations, you can create an Application object by copying the information from an existing Application object.

  1. In ConsoleOne, right-click the container that you want to create the Application object in, click New, then click Object.

  2. Click App:Application, then click OK.

  3. Click An Application By Using an Existing Application Object.


    Screen shot of the New Application Object window.

  4. Click Next, then browse to and select the Application object you want to duplicate (in this example, the CollectDNA object).

  5. Click Next.

  6. In the Object Name field, type a descriptive name for the new object (ApplyDNA, for example), then click Next.

  7. If necessary, define the system requirements that a workstation must meet before the application will be distributed to it, then click Next.

  8. Associate the Application object with the users or workstations that you want to distribute the application to, click the Force Run check box, then click Next.

  9. Review the settings for the Application object, click the Display Details After Creation check box, then click Finish.

  10. Click the Run Options tab > then click Application.

  11. In the Parameters field, type the following:

    /A \\server1\vol\ddna\data\%DNA_Machine_Name%\%DNA_User_Name%.dna /T \\server1\vol\ddna\templates\mydnatemplate.dtf /M /X

    For example, using the sample directories explained above:

    /A \\server1\vol\ddna\data\%DNA_Machine_Name%\%DNA_User_Name%.dna /T \\server1\vol\ddna\templates\mydnatemplate.dtf /M /X

    The parameter is the same as the parameter for the CollectDNA Application object except the /D (create the DNA file) switch has been replaced with the /A (apply the DNA file) switch.

    The following table contains information about each switch used in this parameter. For detailed information about all available switches, see Chapter 2, DNA Automation in the Desktop DNA User Guide found in the /manuals directory on the Personality Migration CD.

    Switch Description Parameters

    /A

    Applies a DNA file.

    Name of the DNA file you want to create. If you enter "", the default DNA file name MyDNAStorage.dna is used.

    The Filename can include variables in the path and name.

    /T

    Use a template to specify migration settings.

    Template file to use for this migration.

    /M

    Starts the migration.

     

    /X

    Exits Desktop DNA ZENworks Edition when migration is completed unless an error occurred.

     

  12. Click OK to save the Application object information.