VMware ThinApp 4.7 essentials : learn how to quickly and efficiently virtualize you applications with ThinApp 4.7 / Peter Bjork.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Björk, Peter.

Series:

Professional expertise distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

VMware.

Application software.

Computer software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Birminghan, UK : Packt Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Bjork Peter: Peter Bjork has many years' experience in VMware Horizon Workspace and ThinApp. He started out working with Thinstall, and continued after VMware acquired the product in 2008, renaming it ThinApp. Peter supports Horizon Workspace and ThinApp in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region. As a teacher, Peter has educated many ThinApp packagers around the world. Peter lives in Sweden with his wife and two kids, a boy and a girl. Peter Bjork is very active on the VMware community pages and the official VMware Workspace and ThinApp blogs. You can follow Peter on Twitter (@thepeb) to get the latest ThinApp and Workspace news. Peter Bjork published his first book, VMware ThinApp 4. 7 Essentials, Packt Publishing, in 2012.

Summary:

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,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

Effective test procedures

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781283961011

1283961016

9781849686297

1849686297

OCLC:

825076956