VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials电子书

VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials

Table of Contents

VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Application Virtualization

Application virtualization

ThinApp overview

ThinApp architecture

Common ThinApp vocabulary

The capturing process

The capture machine

The project folder

The package

The data container

The entry point

Compiling or building your ThinApp package

The build machine

The ThinApp utilities folder

The 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

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 mode considerations

Virtualizing Internet Explorer 6

The 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, make sure you are capturing!

Make sure your application is 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

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

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

5. How to Distribute Updates

Different categories of updates

Using MSI to distribute updates

Using an in-place update method

Application Sync (AppSync)

Application Linking (AppLink)

Deploying updated packages using VMware Horizon Application Manager

Summary

6. Design and Implementation Considerations using ThinApp

Protecting your packages

Default isolation modes

Sandbox considerations

Implementing ThinDirect

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

7. Troubleshooting

The theory behind troubleshooting

Effective test procedures

The Dirty Test

The Washed Test

The Clean Test

The Production Test

Common troubleshooting tools

Process Explorer

Process Monitor

Dependency Walker

Microsoft Event Viewer

Error messages

ThinApp Log Monitor

Troubleshooting tips and tricks

Your everyday capturing process

Summary

A. References

Folder macros

Package.ini parameters

Environment variables and ThinApp runtime switches

Changing the sandbox location

ThinApp runtime switches

Summary

Index