{"id":48244,"date":"2021-06-29T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T07:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=48244"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:15:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:15:41","slug":"vmware-app-volumes-4-installation-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/vmware-app-volumes-4-installation-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"VMware App Volumes 4 installation - pt.1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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VMware App Volumes 4 is a software solution addressed for virtual desktop environments, such as VMware Horizon<\/a>, to dynamically deliver and manage applications.<\/p>\n

Applications can be packaged through a Web-based interface<\/strong> and delivered by attaching a VMDK file<\/strong> to a virtual machine. Package applications are bundled into read-only containers<\/strong> called AppStacks<\/span>.<\/p>\n

In addition to applications management, App Volumes software also\u00a0provides the Writable Volumes<\/strong> feature used to store application settings, user profile, licensing information, configuration files, and user-installed applications.<\/p>\n

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Blog series<\/h2>\n

VMware App Volumes 4 installation - pt.1
\nVMware App Volumes 4 configuration - pt.2<\/a>
\nVMware App Volumes 4 Writable Volumes configuration - pt.3<\/a>
\nVMware App Volumes 4 AppStacks configuration - pt.4<\/a><\/p>\n

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AppStacks<\/h2>\n

Applications can be assigned, updated, and removed by administrator to specific users and delivered at the next user login<\/strong> without modifying desktops or disrupt users.<\/p>\n

Despite the documentation states that you can configure up to 10 AppStacks<\/strong> per user\/machine, it is recommended to keep less than 5<\/strong> to keep the login time acceptable.<\/p>\n

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Writable Volumes<\/h2>\n

A Writable Volume is an empty VMDK file<\/strong> assigned to a specific user and mounted during the login process. This disk is available to the user from any machine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Writable Volumes are configured per-user<\/strong> and can be used to install and configure applications and keep the data that is specific to user's profile.\u00a0Only one Writable Volume<\/strong><\/span> at a time<\/strong> per-user per OS can be attached.<\/p>\n

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App Volumes 4 installation<\/h2>\n

Download the software from VMware website<\/a> (latest version 2103), mount the App Volumes ISO, and run the installer by double clicking the setup.msi<\/strong> file (or right click then Install<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

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Click Next<\/strong> to begin the installation.<\/p>\n

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Accept the EULA and click Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Select Install App Volumes Manager<\/strong> option and click Install<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Click Next<\/strong> to proceed with the App Volumes Manager setup.<\/p>\n

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Select Install local SQL Server Express Database<\/strong> if you don't have another SQL Server installed in your network. Click Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Leave default values and pay attention to Enable SQL Server certificate validation<\/strong> option. Click Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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If the certificate is not trusted<\/strong> you may receive this error.<\/p>\n

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To avoid this issue, uncheck the Enable SQL Server certificate validation<\/strong> option and click Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Leave default HTTPS Port<\/strong> and click Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Click Next<\/strong> to install the App Volumes Manager.<\/p>\n

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Click Install<\/strong> to begin the installation.<\/p>\n

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The App Volumes Manager is being installed in the system.<\/p>\n

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When the installation has been completed, click Finish<\/strong> to exit the wizard.<\/p>\n

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Once the installation is complete, the product needs to be configured. Part 2<\/a> will cover the configuration of the App Volumes Manager<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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VMware App Volumes 4 is a software solution addressed for virtual desktop environments, such as VMware Horizon, to dynamically deliver and manage applications. Applications can be packaged through a Web-based interface and delivered by attaching a VMDK file to a virtual machine. Package applications are bundled into read-only containers called AppStacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":48245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"linkedin_93tdZWzMZc_93tdZWzMZc":"","facebook_2879994398731222_17841400390232720":"","twitter_113568041_113568041":"","mastodon_115463926174894442_115463926174894442":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3101,2905],"tags":[2316,1711,2169],"class_list":["post-48244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-app-volumes-en","category-omnissa-en","tag-app-volumes","tag-horizon","tag-installation-en-2","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}