VMware Horizon View: Assign the AppStack

After the AppStack has been provisioned, you can assign it to users.

1. In the App Volumes Manager console, click the Volumes tab.
2. Click the plus sign to display the AppStack details, and click Assign.
   
3. On the Assign Appstack page, enter the user name you want to assign the AppStack to, and click Search.
   Note: You can also assign the AppStack to a user group or an Active Directory OU.
4. Next to the user name, select the check box.
5. Click Assign.
   
6. In the Confirm Assign dialog box, select Attach AppStacks on next login or reboot. Click Assign.

To test the AppStack, log in to a deployment desktop as the user who was assigned the AppStack. If you are in a View environment, log in to a VDI desktop and skip to step 6.

1. To log in to a vSphere VM, access the vSphere Web Client using the bookmark previously created in your web browser.
2. Log in as an administrator.
3. In the search text box, enter the VM name.
4. Select the VM name from the list.
5. Click the launch remote console icon.
   
6. Log in to the deployment desktop. After the user desktop loads, you see the Notepad++ icon.
7. Start Notepad++ to verify that it is working.
   
8. Close Notepad++.
9. Reboot the VM.

Update the AppStack

An AppStack update involves creating a new AppStack based on the original AppStack. In this example, you update the Notepad++ AppStack with Notepad++ version 7.5.1.

1. On the App Volumes Manager console, click the Volumes tab.
2. Display the AppStack details, and click Update.
   
3. Enter a name for the updated AppStack. Do not change the storage or path options.
4. Click Create.
   
5. In the Confirm Update AppStack dialog box, select Perform in the background.
6. Click Update.
7. Wait for the AppStacks page to indicate that the updated AppStack is unprovisioned.
   Note: If the page does not refresh automatically, click Rescan.
8. Display the AppStack details, and click Provision.
   
9. In the Find Provisioning Computer text box, enter the name of the provisioning desktop, and click Search.
10. Select the provisioning desktop.
11. Click Provision.
    

Click Start Provisioning.