Administration

n To streamline the distribution of multiple ThinApp applications, include the applications in
a ThinApp template. When you assign a ThinApp template to a machine or desktop pool,
Horizon Administrator installs all of the applications currently in the template.
n Do not assign a ThinApp template to a machine or desktop pool if the template contains a
ThinApp application that is already assigned to that machine or desktop pool. Also, do not
assign a ThinApp template to the same machine or desktop pool more than once with a
different installation type. Horizon Administrator will return ThinApp assignment errors in both
of these situations.
Assign a ThinApp Application to Multiple Machines
You can assign a particular ThinApp to one or more machines.
Prerequisites
Scan an application repository and add selected ThinApp applications to Horizon Administrator.
See Add ThinApp Applications to Horizon Administrator.
Procedure
1 In Horizon Administrator, select Catalog > ThinApps and select the ThinApp application.
2 Select Assign Machines from the Add Assignment drop-down menu.
The machines that the ThinApp application is not already assigned to appear in the table.
Option
Action
Find a specific machine Type the name of the machine in the Find text box and click Find.
Find all of the machines that follow
the same naming convention
Type a partial machine name in the Find text box and click Find.
3 Select the machines that you want to assign the ThinApp application to and click Add.
You can press Ctrl+click or Shift+click to select multiple machines.
4 Select an installation type and click OK.
Option
Action
Streaming Installs a shortcut to the application on the machine. The shortcut points to
the application on the network share that hosts the repository. Users must
have access to the network share to run the application.
Full Installs the full application on the machine's local file system.
Some ThinApp applications do not support both installation types. How the application
package was created determines which installation types are available.
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