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Virtual Application Images

Asset Management supports discovery and inventory of applications that are virtualized with Microsoft App-V (formerly SoftGrid) and VMware ThinApp.
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Asset Management supports discovery and inventory of applications that are virtualized with Microsoft App-V (formerly SoftGrid) and VMware ThinApp.
Capturing the application data using the Microsoft App-V Sequencer or VMware ThinApp Setup virtualizes an application. The application is condensed into a virtual application image. More than one application can be virtualized into the same image, for example, in the case of suite products or applications that are tightly integrated.
The new software signatures pushed down by Scalability Server for detecting virtual application images are specially tagged, such that legacy agents ignore the images. Therefore, Agents process the software signatures and inventory virtual applications correctly.
Unlike a regular application, which is always installed locally, a virtual application can be installed in several ways:
  • Streamed
    The virtual application image is not copied to the computer of end user. The virtual applications within the image are advertised to the user, for example, on the Start menu or desktop. When the user opens the streamed virtual application, the required application data is streamed over the network on-demand.
  • Standalone
    The virtual application image is staged locally on the hard disk of user. The virtual applications within the image are advertised to the user. When the user opens the standalone virtual application, the required application data is streamed directly from the local hard disk.
  • Staged
    The virtual application image is installed locally on the hard disk of user, but the virtual applications within the image are not advertised to the end user. This type of installation is typically found on a server for other streamed installations. The applications within the virtual application image are not available to the local users of the computer.
Asset Management can discover and inventory all three types of virtual application installation. The virtual application images that themselves are also reported. Virtual application images can be streamed or staged.
Asset Management can discover virtual applications irrespective of the deployment using Software Delivery functionality, proprietary reaming solutions, or on-demand distribution methods.