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Implementing VMware Horizon 7 - Second Edition

By : Jason Ventresco
Book Image

Implementing VMware Horizon 7 - Second Edition

By: Jason Ventresco

Overview of this book

VMware Horizon 7 has been a buzz since it was announced. One of the major reasons is the introduction of the new Instant Clones feature. This book will complement the product documentation by providing real-life examples of how it is implemented along with the latest features and components of the platform. We'll explore the latest features of the platform, including those added through product acquisitions such as User Environment Manager and App Volumes. Further on, you will also be introduced to the new capabilities added to the core product such Linked-Clone RDS pools. Upon completion of this book, you will have an understanding of the capabilities and benefits VMware Horizon can provide to your organization, and how each of its components are implemented.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Implementing VMware Horizon 7 Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Creating an AppStack


App Volumes uses a very simple process to create an AppStack, requiring very little more from the administrator than executing a few commands and installing the target application. In this section we will create an AppStack for Notepad++, although the process is similar for other applications, or even collections of applications.

Tip

Where possible, combine multiple applications in to a single AppStack. The more AppStacks you assign to a user, the more likely it is that additional time will be required for them to log in due to the time required to attach multiple AppStack VMDK files.

The following steps outline the procedure used to create an AppStack. It assumes that the provisioning computer being used is running the same OS and patch level as the target App Volumes clients, is a member of the target domain, has not been used as an App Volumes client, and has the AppCapture program installed. Additionally, a snapshot should be taken of this computer prior to installing...