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Learning VMware App Volumes

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Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2016

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781785884382

Length 494 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

App Volumes

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Peter von Oven

Peter V Oven

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Learning VMware App Volumes

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgments

About the Reviewer

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Preface

1. Introduction to App Volumes FREE CHAPTER

2. Architectural and Feature Overview

3. Designing and Building an App Volumes Deployment

4. Installing and Configuring the App Volumes Software

5. A Guided Tour of the Management Console

6. Working with AppStacks

7. Working with Writable Volumes

8. Delivering ThinApp Packages with App Volumes

9. Horizon View Integration

10. Deploying App Volumes in a Citrix XenDesktop Environment

11. Deploying App Volumes in a RemoteApp Environment

12. Deploying App Volumes in a Citrix XenApp Environment

13. Deploying App Volumes in a Horizon View Hosted Apps Environment

14. Advanced Configuration and Other Options

Index

Chapter 10. Deploying App Volumes in a Citrix XenDesktop Environment

One of the key features of App Volumes is that it is not restricted to working with just VMware technology and products. As we have already seen, as well as its ability to integrate with VMware Horizon View (both virtual desktop machine delivery and hosted applications), App Volumes complements Citrix XenDesktop, Citrix XenApp, and Microsoft RDSH solutions.

In this chapter, we will take a closer look at how to deploy App Volumes to deliver just-in-time applications to a virtual desktop machine delivered by Citrix XenDesktop.

Unlike the VMware Horizon View solution, there is no broker integration to install.

The following diagram illustrates how App Volumes would look within the Citrix XenDesktop architecture:

The Citrix XenDesktop process for logging on to desktops remains exactly as it would in any other Citrix deployment. However, by having App Volumes Agent installed onto the base images of the virtual desktop machines delivered...

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Authors (2)

Peter von Oven

Peter von Oven

Peter von Oven is an experienced technical consultant and has spent the past 25 years working with customers and partners designing technology solutions. During his career, Peter has presented at key IT events, such as VMworld, IP EXPO, and various VMUGs and CCUG events. He has also worked in senior presales roles and presales management roles for Fujitsu, HP, Citrix, and VMware, and has been awarded VMware vExpert four years running. In 2016, Peter founded his own company, Droplet Computing, where he works today as the Founder and Chief Technology Officer.Peter got his first taste for writing when assisting with some of the chapters in Building End-User Computing Solutions with VMware View, which then lead to five other Packt titles.

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