Exam 3V0-752 topic 1 question 43 discussion

Actual exam question from VMware's 3V0-752

Question #: 43
Topic #: 1

A company wants to migrate end user applications to VMware App Volumes. The IT team creates five App Stacks using a Windows desktop VM deployed from a golden master image used for all Horizon desktop pools. Some users experience application failures with a few applications in some of the App Stacks.
What can the IT team do to resolve these application issues?

A. Update the App Volumes Agent in the golden master image, then delete and redeploy the Horizon desktops of the users experiencing issues.
B. Install a new copy of the same Windows operating system without any updates, patches, or service packs, and use it as the App Volumes capture VM.
C. Refresh the Horizon desktop VMs of the users experiencing the issues.
D. Capture each application in a single App Stack and assign each user the correct application using Identity Manager.

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Suggested Answer: A 🗳️

by rfelipe at July 7, 2020, 9:11 p.m.

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mba1

Highly Voted 2 years, 4 months ago

All the answers are terrible but "C" could be remotely possible! If the user has added something to the cloned Vm that does not exist on the appvol capture VM then it has moved away from the base image we captured. If ONLY some of the apps are not working then this is the only possible explanation and a refresh would bring it back to base we started from. remember it said SOME OF THE USERS...

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crumpet

Most Recent 11 months, 2 weeks ago

For me, the only viable answer is D. A. I can't see how Answer A would provide a solution to poorly performing App Volumes. B. As tempting as this sounds, the provisioning VM used for creating your App Volumes should resemble your Host VDI Master Image as closely as possible : https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-App-Volumes/4/com.vmware.appvolumes.admin.doc/GUID-BCC67C19-AC5C-4D25-9F1B-9BE8536A2909.html C. Again, can't see how this will help apart from a token troubleshooting step. D. This seems to be the only viable option and indeed what I have found in my own testing is that App Volumes works best when you group applications together into a single App Volume and restrict access to these apps via other technologies (such as FSLogix App Masking, UEM application blocking etc.) VMware even say that they have only tested a maximum of 5 app volumes mounted to any single VDI VM: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/67354

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TeeItUp

2 years, 3 months ago

The answer is B, agree with rfelipe... the provisioning machine needs to be as vanilla as possible but the correct OS the end users will be using.

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MistaPablo

2 years, 2 months ago

So wrong. "Provision the AppStacks on a clean base image, that is a virtual machine, that closely resembles the target environment to which you later plan to deploy the AppStack. For example, the provisioning virtual machine and the target should be at the same patch and service pack level. If you have included applications in the base image, they should also be present in the provisioning virtual machine". https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-App-Volumes/2.18/com.vmware.appvolumes.admin.doc/GUID-85561285-9243-444F-AD1D-0A8E1CD9589A.html

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jypweqzfxvfewtxuis

3 years ago

test comment

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rfelipe

3 years ago

Why need to update the App Volumes Agent in the golden master image? The recommendation is to use a vanilla iamge, so in my opinion it should be B

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Sameer

2 years, 5 months ago

B cant be right, the recommendation from VMware is The golden image must have the required OS, the necessary updates and service packs, and core applications common to all user desktops. https://techzone.vmware.com/resource/reviewers-guide-vmware-app-volumes Refresh is supported for instant clones, so my guess is answer C

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