[THIN] Re: Client Update DB initiative
- From: "Evan Mann" <emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:33:05 -0400
You can keep your MSI installed clients up to date with GPO. One could
argue that it's better to keep it simple and rely on GPO and not the
Citrix Update DB for MSI installed clients. The flip size is that the
Update DB is a heck of a lot easier for upating EXE clients when
compared to using some other method with free MS provided tools.
Perhaps Citrix is figuring most people are using GPO to keep the MSI
clients updated, and this is why the Client Update DB has not
progressed?
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Philip Walley
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:32 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Client Update DB initiative
All,
I have an idea and I would like to get your opinions and possible
support. I mentioned to my SE today that I would like to see Citrix work
on the client update database. This potentially useful tool has not been
updated in years. As you know, the CU db only handles the .exe version
of the client and will not update a client that was installed using the
.msi. I would like to see the ability of the db to handle the msi
packages that citrix now gives us as well as the ability to import
custom .msi to update clients. In organizations like mine, while SMS is
a possibility, it isn't a great choice. I am of the opinion that I
really only want to keep clients that are actually using citrix up to
date. I am not worried about installs that never touch the environment.
It seems to me that the client update db is exactly what could do the
job.
If those of you who know your SEs or have other contacts with Citrix,
let me know your thoughts on this idea. If enough of us are for it, it
could be included in a future upgrade.
thanks for letting me ramble,
pw
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