To update an existing application which has been captured, use the /s argument in the appcapture.exe command. The command-line capture program creates a copy of the existing package's disk (.vhd format) and updates the disk.
Prerequisites
- Ensure that you perform this task on a clean virtual machine.
- Ensure that the User Account Control (UAC) in Windows is disabled.
To disable UAC, see Microsoft Windows documentation.
- You must run the command-line capture program as administrator.
- Ensure that the command-line capture program utility is installed at C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\AppCapture.
Note: Do not use the command-line capture program's executable located at C:\Program Files (x86)\CloudVolumes\Agent. This copy of the executable is meant for internal purpose only.
- Ensure that you have the path of the .vhd file of the existing, captured application.
This path is used as the source when starting the capture session.
- Ensure that you have downloaded the installer of the application that needs to be updated.
- Ensure that you are aware of the command-line arguments that can be used with the appcapture.exe command.
Procedure
What to do next
- To import the *_workstation.vmdk package into App Volumes Manager, place the .vmdk and .json files on the App Volumes Manager server at <installation_directory>\CloudVolumes\Manager\ppv\packages and upload these files to the desired datastore from the Storage page in the admin UI.
For more information about uploading these files, see Upload Templates.
- To import the .vhd application package into App Volumes Manager, copy the package (including the .json file) to a file share and follow the Import an Application to App Volumes procedure.
After the package is successfully imported into App Volumes Manager, you can assign the application and deliver the package to the end users.