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VMware THINAPP 4.6 - 4 Updating and Linking Applications; Application Updates that the End User Triggers; Application Sync Updates

VMware THINAPP 4.6
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VMware, Inc. 53
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Youcanupdatevirtualapplicationswithdifferentutilitiesdependingontheextentofchangeand
dependenciesonotherapplications.
Thisinformationincludesthefollowingtopics:
“ApplicationUpdatesThattheEndUserTriggers”onpage 53
“ApplicationUpdatesThattheAdministratorTriggers”onpage 60
“A u t o m a t i c ApplicationUpdates”onpage 62
“UpgradingRunningApplicationsonaNetworkShare”onpage 63
“SandboxConsiderationsforUpgradedApplications”onpage 64
“UpdatingtheThinAppVersionofPackages”onpage 64
Application Updates That the End User Triggers
ThinAppprovidestheApplicationSyncandApplicationLinkutilitiestoupdateapplicationswithnew
versionsornewcomponents.TheApplicationSyncutilityupdatesanentireapplicationpackage.
The ApplicationLinkutilitykeepssharedcomponentsordependentapplicationsinseparatepackages.
Application Sync Updates
TheApplicationSyncutilitykeepsdeployedvirtualapplicationsuptodate.Whenanapplicationstartswith
thisutilityenabled,theapplicationqueriesaWebservertodetermineifanupdatedversionoftheexecutable
fileisavailable.Ifanupdateisavailable,thedifferencesbetweentheexistingpackageandthenew
package
aredownloadedandusedtoconstructanupdatedversionofthepackage.Theupdatedpackageisusedfor
futurelaunches.
TheApplicationSyncutilityisusefulformajorconfigurationupdatestotheapplication.Forexample,you
mightupdateFirefoxtothenextmajorversion.Remoteusersoruserswhoare
notconnectedtothecorporate
networkcanmakeuseoftheApplicationSyncutilitybyembeddingupdatesettingswithinthepackageand
usinganyWebservertostoretheupdatedversionofthepackage.
Using Application Sync in a Managed or Unmanaged Environment
Ifyouusevirtualapplicationsthatupdateautomaticallyinamanagedcomputerenvironment,donotusethe
ApplicationSyncutilitybecauseitmightclashwithotherupdatecapabilities.
Ifanautomaticupdatefeatureupdatesanapplication,theupdateexistsinthesandbox.IftheApplicationSync
utilityattemptstoupdatethe
applicationafteranautomaticapplicationupdate,theversionupdatestoredin
thesandboxtakeprecedenceoverthefilescontainedintheApplicationSyncversion.Theorderofprecedence
forupdatingfilesisthefilesinthesandbox,thevirtualoperatingsystem,andthephysicalmachine.
Ifyouhaveanunmanagedenvironment
thatdoesnotupdateapplicationsautomatically,usetheApplication
Syncutilitytoupdateapplications.
Updating and Linking Applications
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