What does VMware ThinApp do?

What does VMware ThinApp do?

ThinApp accelerates application deployment and simplifies application migration by isolating applications from their underlying operating systems to eliminate application conflict and streamline delivery and management.

What is ThinApp client?

VMware ThinApp (formerly Thinstall) is an application virtualization and portable application creator suite by VMware that can package conventional Windows applications so that they become portable applications by running on another operating system.

What is ThinApp in VMware?

ThinApp is an agentless application virtualization solution that isolates applications from their underlying operating systems to eliminate application conflict and streamline application delivery and management.

What is VMware vApp?

A VMware vApp is a collection of pre-configured virtual machines (VMs) that combine applications with the operating systems that they require. VApps allow disparate VMs to work together in a stack as an application, and support cloud computing architectures.

How do you make a ThinApp?

Creating a ThinApp Package

1. Create project.
2. Enter Product Details.
3. Add files and folders to your project.
4. Add registry keys and values to your package.
5. Create new file extensions and make file associations.
6. Create a ThinApp build.
7. Build and Install.

How do I install ThinApp?

Procedure

1. Download ThinApp to a clean physical or virtual Windows machine.
2. Double-click the ThinApp executable file.
3. In the Patents Lists dialog box, click Next.
4. Accept the license, type the serial number, and type a license display name that appears when you open applications that ThinApp captures.
5. Click Install.

When should I use vApp?

VMware vApps are used to deploy multi-tier applications which components are running on different VMs, as well as grouping VMs used for a similar purpose.

How do I create a vApp?

Create vApp

1. Go to vCenter > vApps and click on the Create a New vApp icon:
2. The New App wizard opens.
3. Select the ESXi host or cluster on which the vApp will run:
4. Enter the vApp name and select the folder or datacenter where the vApp will be located:
5. Choose the resource allocation settings for the vApp.