5.2

Assign Multiple ThinApp Applications to a Pool
You can assign one more ThinApp applications to a particular pool.
If
you assign a ThinApp application to a linked-clone pool and later refresh, recompose, or rebalance the pool,
View Administrator reinstalls the application for you. You do not have to manually reinstall the application.
Prerequisites
Scan an application repository and add selected ThinApp applications to View Administrator. See “Add
ThinApp Applications to View Administrator,” on page 288.
Procedure
1 Select Inventory > Pools and double-click the pool ID.
2 On the Inventory tab, click ThinApps and then click Add Assignment.
The ThinApp applications that are not already assigned to the pool appear in the table.
3 To find a particular application, type the name of the ThinApp application in the Find text box and click
Find.
4 Select a ThinApp application to assign to the pool and click Add.
Repeat this step to select multiple applications.
5 Select an installation type and click OK.
Option Action
Streaming
Installs a shortcut to the application on the desktop. 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 local file system.
Some ThinApp applications do not support both installation types. How the application package was
created determines which installation types are available.
View
Administrator begins installing the ThinApp applications the first time a user logs in to a desktop in the
pool. After the installation is finished, the applications are available to all of the users of the desktop.
Assign a ThinApp Template to a Desktop or Pool
You can streamline the distribution of multiple ThinApp applications by assigning a ThinApp template to a
desktop or pool.
When you assign a ThinApp template to a desktop or pool, View Administrator installs the ThinApp
applications currently in the template.
Prerequisites
Create a ThinApp template. See “Create a ThinApp Template,” on page 288.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, select Inventory > ThinApps.
2 Select the ThinApp template.
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