Learning VMware App Volumes

Summary

In this chapter, we covered the subject of Writable Volumes in more detail.

We started off by describing the how Writable Volumes work from a process and architectural point of view, before moving on to create our first Writable Volume.

Once we created a Writable Volume, we went on to show how it worked, by logging is as an end user, installing applications, and then moving from one virtual desktop to another. Finally, we looked at how to perform some of the ongoing management of the Writable Volumes, such as updates and other general admin tasks.

In the next chapter, we will take a deeper look at how to deliver ThinApp packaged applications from within an AppStack, from a "how to do it" perspective as well as why you would want to do it ...