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Optionally installing Zoom VDI Plugin Management

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Zoom VDI Plugin Management can detect when a VDI plugin is missing or an updated release is required. This management option is configured by your virtual desktop administrator and requires installing this package.

Zoom VDI Plugin Management for Mac is supported in VDI release 5.12.6. In 5.12.6, Zoom VDI Plugin Management is installed by default when you install the VDI plugin with ZoomVDI.pkg.

In VDI release 5.14.0, you can choose whether to install Zoom VDI Plugin Management plugins or not.

This article covers:

Prerequisites for optional installation for Zoom VDI Plugin Management

  • Zoom desktop client
    • macOS: 5.12.6 or higher
      Note: Verify release requirements for each policy as some require a more recent plugin release.
  • VDI plugin
    • macOS: 5.12.6 or compatible auto-update package
      Note: Verify release requirements for each policy as some require a more recent plugin release.
  • Organizations using Citrix XenDesktop or VMware Horizon server-published desktop
  • Citrix Workspace or VMWare Horizons
    Note: Citrix Workspace app from the Microsoft store is not supported. Mac support is only available for Citrix and VMware.
  • Virtual Channel policies have been configured for Citrix
  • Your computer or device meets the software requirements for VDI auto-update

How to install the Zoom VDI Plugin Management plugins with GUI

In VDI release 5.14.0, the Custom Install pane in ZoomVDI.pkg installation GUI allows you to choose whether to install Zoom VDI Plugin Management plugins or not.

You can select or deselect the Zoom VDI Plugin Management checkbox:

  • If you deselect the Zoom VDI Plugin Management checkbox and do the installation, then you will install only the VDI plugins.

  • If you select the Zoom VDI Plugin Management checkbox and do the installation, then you will get both the VDI plugins and Zoom VDI Plugin Management plugins installed.

How to install the Zoom VDI Plugin Management plugins with a command line

  • If you only want to install VDI plugins without the Zoom VDI Plugin Management plugins by command line, run the following command with the attached ChoiceChanges.xml file: 
    sudo installer -applyChoiceChangesXML path_to_ChoiceChangesXML -pkg path_to_pkg -target /
    • For example: 
      sudo installer -applyChoiceChangesXML ./ChoiceChanges.xml -pkg ./ZoomVDI_5.14.0.universal.pkg -target /
  • If you want to install both VDI plugins and the Zoom VDI Plugin Management plugins, run the following command line directly: 
    sudo installer -pkg path_to_pkg -target / -verboseR

How to create and modify the ChoiceChanges.xml file

If you want to know more about ChoiceChanges.xml, you can create a file to check its details:

  1. Create a ChoiceChangesXML (ChoiceChanges.xml) with the following command: 
    sudo installer -showChoiceChangesXML -pkg path_to_pkg -target / > ./ChoiceChanges.xml

  2. Modify the ChoiceChangesXML to meet your needs.

  3. (Optional) If you do not want to install the Zoom VDI Plugin Management plugins, set the attributeSetting value of us.zoom.ZoomVDIAutoUpgradePlugin- selected dict from 1 to 0 in the ChoiceChanges.xml. 

  4. Apply the ChoiceChangesXML to the installer command line to install the VDI plugins only: 
    sudo installer -applyChoiceChangesXML ./ChoiceChanges.xml -pkg path_to_pkg -target /

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