To view the entities that are currently online and detailed information about each entity, you can use the DIRECTORY tab in the App Volumes Manager UI. Entity types are Users
, Computers
, Groups
, and OUs(Organizational Units)
.
On the Managed Entity page, you can view the list of entities and a summarized information about the number of assignments, attachments, and Writable Volumes for each entity.
An entity can be available for both App Volumes 4.0 agent and App Volumes 2.x agent. The Entity details page provides all entity-related information.
- The Attachments count for the
Computer
entity on the Manage Computer page is a sum total of attached volumes to the computer. The volumes can be assigned to any entity (User
,Computer
,Group
, andOU
).However, Attachments count for the
User
entity on the Manage User page includes only the volumes assigned to theUser
.For example: Consider a notepad application assigned to a user and a video application assigned to a computer,
system
. If the user logs intosystem
, then the Attachments count for the computer is2
whereas for the user, the count is1
. - For an application package delivered as On-demand to an entity, you can observe the change in the attachment and attachment count for the entity only when the end user launches the application's shortcut. For more information about this behavior, see the characteristics section in Understanding Package Delivery Modes in App Volumes.
- When multiple users have the same application package assignment and receive this application in a multi-session environment, package attachment on the DIRECTORY → COMPUTERS page is displayed for every user logged into the RDSH server. As a result, the attachment count is considered separately for every user.
For more information about user-assigned applications delivered in a multi-session environment, see App Volumes Support in a Multi-Session Environment.
- Using the Managed Entity page, you can assign an application package to an entity and unassign an application package from an entity.
For more information about performing assign and unassign operations using this page, see Use the Active Directory Entity Page for Application Assignment.
View Active Directory Entities
On the App Volumes Entity details page, depending on the entity type, you can view the entity name, application and AppStack assigned to the entity, list of packages attached to the entity, and Writable Volumes created for the entity.
Procedure
Sync Entities with Active Directory
You can view the updated list of entities by using the Sync functionality. The Sync button synchronizes all entities with the Active Directory. An entity can be a User, Computer, Group, or OUs (Organizational Units).
Procedure
Use the Active Directory Entity Page for Application Assignment
You can use this page to assign an App Volumes application to an entity and unassign an application from an entity when the application is already packaged and you need to perform only assign or unassign operations.
To perform assign and unassign operations when an application is not yet packaged, see Assign an App Volumes Application to an Entity and Unassign an Application from an Entity respectively.
-
From the Entity page, you can assign only application packages marked as
CURRENT
. - If the application is in a synchronization relationship with the source instance and the assignment synchronization is activated, then you cannot perform the assign operation from this instance (target). Hence, the application is not displayed on this page.
For more information about the criteria for assignment synchronization, see Criteria for Application Synchronization.
- When assigning an application, depending on your requirement, you can select the Limit delivery for these assignments option with the assignment.
Note: This option is available only for non-computer entities (
Users
,Groups
, andOUs
).When this option is selected, the Application Assignments section on the Entity details page displays the computer prefix information.
For more information about the limit delivery option, see Application Assignment to Specific Computers.
- When assigning an application, depending on your requirement, you can select the Do not deliver for these assignments at startup or login option with the assignment.
For more information about this option, see Assign an App Volumes Application to an Entity.