| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations. |
|
text file rda |
| Series |
Professional expertise distilled |
|
Professional expertise distilled.
|
| Summary |
In Detail VMware ThinApp 4.7 is an application virtualization and portable application creator which allows users to package conventional applications so that they are portable. "VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials" shows you how to deploy ThinApp packages in order to improve the portability, manageability and compatibility of applications by encapsulating them from the underlying operating system on which they are executed. Application virtualization improves the portability, manageability and compatibility of applications by encapsulating them from the underlying operating system on which they are executed. VMware ThinApp 4.7 is an application virtualization and portable application creator which allows users to package conventional applications so that they are portable. ThinApp eliminates application conflicts, reducing the need and cost of recoding and regression testing. In this book you will learn about how application virtualization works and how to deploy ThinApp packages. You will learn how to update and tweak ThinApp Projects before distribution. This book will then cover design and implementation considerations for future ThinApp projects. Approach This book is written in practical tutorial style and it offers learning through vivid examples and. Each chapter contains step-by-step instructions about everything necessary to execute a particular task. The book is designed so that you can read it from start to end for beginners or just open up any chapter and start following the recipes as a reference for advanced users. Who this book is for This book will be useful to developers, System admins and consultants who want to install and manage a virtualized app environment using VMware ThinApp 4.7. |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Application Virtualization; Application virtualization; ThinApp overview; ThinApp architecture; Common ThinApp vocabulary; Capturing process; Capture machine; Project folder; Package; Data container; Entry point; Compiling or building your ThinApp package; Build machine; ThinApp utilities folder; ThinApp runtime; Read-Only data; Read and write data; Folder macros; The sandbox; Isolation modes; Merged; WriteCopy; Full; Example 1; Example 2; Example 3 |
|
The virtual filesystem The virtual registry; Application Linking (AppLink); AppLink conflict resolution for isolation modes; Optional AppLink; Required AppLink; The ThinApp utilities folder and its content; Summary; Chapter 2: Application Packaging; Packaging; Running the Setup Capture wizard; The capture and build environment; Entry points and the data container; The project folder; The Package.ini file; Isolation modes considerations; Virtualizing Internet Explorer 6; Recommended ThinApp capture process; Some packaging tips; 32 bit versus 64 bit; Services; Auto update |
|
Save your project folders Make sure you investigate the sandbox; When capturing, you are capturing; The application must run when 100 percent natively installed; Never start with AppLink; VB Scripting; Packaging applications with dependencies; Dependencies on runtimes; Dependencies on locally installed applications; Dependencies on another virtualized application; Summary; Chapter 3: Deployment of ThinApp packages; Different deployment scenarios; Using streaming deployment; Using MSI to distribute packages; Using VMware Horizon Application Manager; Using VMware View |
|
Using alternative media and methods Using thinreg.exe to register your applications; Summary; Chapter 4: Updating and Tweaking Your ThinApp Project; Different categories of updates; Recapturing an application; Modifying the project folder; Sandbox merge; Updating the ThinApp runtime; Sandbox considerations for updated packages; Summary; Chapter 5: How to Distribute Updates; Different categories of updates; Using MSI to distribute updates; Using an in-place update method; Application Synch (AppSync); Application Linking (AppLink) |
|
Deploying updated packages using VMware Horizon Application Manager Summary; Chapter 6: Design and Implementation Considerations using ThinApp; Protecting your packages; Default isolation modes; Sandbox considerations; Implementing ThinDirect, automated browser redirection; Designing for a physical client implementation; Designing for a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) implementation; Designing for a terminal server/Citrix XenApp implementation; Designing for a mixed environment; Sizing of your streaming file share; Summary; Chapter 7: Troubleshooting; The theory behind troubleshooting |
| Subject |
VMware.
|
|
VMware. |
|
VMware |
|
Virtual computer systems.
|
|
Systèmes virtuels (Informatique) |
|
Virtual computer systems |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Björk, Peter. VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials. Birmingham : Packt Publishing, ©2012 9781849686280 |
| ISBN |
9781849686297 (electronic bk.) |
|
1849686297 (electronic bk.) |
|
1849686289 |
|
9781849686280 |
|
More Resources