Using a DS-Client mass deployment template
The mass deployment feature allows you to use XML files to silently deploy a large number of Windows DS-Client accounts on the DS-System and automatically configure each DS-Client.
IMPORTANT: Mass deployment is supported only for standalone DS-Clients.
Instead of manually creating multiple DS-Client accounts, you can create a mass deployment template and reuse the same connection information for all DS-Client accounts you want to deploy under a customer account. For more information, see
“Exporting DS-Client registration information”.
The DS-Clients initially connect to the DS-System to register as a template DS-Client and are automatically assigned a sequential DS-Client number.
IMPORTANT: When the Auto-registration counter reaches a value of 1, you cannot create any new DS-Clients. Until you clear the Auto-registration counter option, the template DS-Client account will not allow itself to be registered as an actual DS-Client account.
If the Requires Registration option is enabled in the template DS-Client account, the DS-System checks the hardware cookie it receives with those of all existing DS-Clients under the same customer account each time a new DS-Client request is received. If a matching cookie is found, the DS-System reassigns the existing DS-Client number corresponding to the matching cookie. If the Requires Registration option is disabled, a new DS-Client number is generated every time a new DS-Client installation is requested from the template DS-Client account. For more information on the mass deployment of DS-Clients, see the DS-Client Mass Deployment Guide.