Microsoft App-V 4.5 Hits Release Candidate

What’s new in the 4.5 version?

• The name, it is now App-V, short fo application virtualization.
• HTTP Streaming of apps
• DSC (Dynamic Suite Composition) or combining two MSI packaged apps into a single suite
• Better integration with ConfigMgr R2
• And more - follow the jump
  

How to download the RC

Anyone may download the RC via the Microsoft Connect site (http://connect.microsoft.com). If you are not already signed in with your Windows Live ID once you are at the site’s homepage, click Sign In. If you have previously visited the Microsoft Connect site for the “Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Public Beta”, look in the Activity in All Connections Since Your Last Login section under Your Dashboard and then click Microsoft Application Virtualization. If you have not previously visited the Microsoft Connect site for the “Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Public Beta”, click Connection Directory and then click Apply Now next to the Application Virtualization 4.5 Public Beta listing. In the left navigation bar, click Downloads and then look for the link to the RC release download. Please make sure to read the Release Notes and Known Issues documents before installing the product.

Regards,

Anthony

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Troubleshooting an ever growing Usrvol_sftfs.pkg file

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Troubleshooting an ever growing Usrvol_sftfs.pkg file

I was reviewing some of the SoftGrid Microsoft Application Virtualization i=
ssues that came in over the past couple weeks I found a good one that was w=
orked by Paul Freitas, one of our Support Engineers out in Boston. This is a trouble=
shooting tip that should apply to any scenario in which you notice that you=
r usrvol_sftfs.pkg file keeps growing and growing and you want to figure ou=
t why.

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Issue: Over time you may notice that the usrvol_sftfs.pkg file keeps growin=
g.

Cause: The application you virtualized is creating and storing data within =
the user package.

Resolution: The first thing you need to do is figure out which application =
is creating this excess data. If you’re virtualizing a single application =
then this is easy, but if you’re working with a suite of apps then it can b=
e a little more difficult. In a case like this, a good way to identify the=
offending app is to modify the OSD so that it uses a prelaunch script that=
opens a CMD prompt window so we can do some checking. There’s an example =
of how to do that here but I also included the script example =
below:

SCRIPT TIMEOUT=3D”0″ TIMING=3D”PRE” EVENT=3D”LAUNCH” WAIT=3D”TRUE” PROTECT=
=3D”TRUE”>
%systemroot%\system32\cmd.exe

Once you modify the OSD file, launch the application. Prior to the applica=
tion actually starting you should see a CMD Prompt window open. From the o=
pen CMD Prompt window run a DIR command similar to the following so that we=
can view a list of files within the virtual package:

Q:\AppInstallDir> “DIR /s > C:\Windows\Temp\virtdrive.txt”

In the example above, AppInstallDir is the directory on the virtual Q drive=
where the offending application is installed and all we’re doing is piping=
the output of our DIR command to a text file named virtdrive.txt on the C =
drive so we can look at it later.

Once you have your virtdrive.txt file, search it for any files that were re=
cently modified. In Paul’s case he found that the recently modified file w=
as ARCHIVE.PST which told him that Outlook was auto-archiving old email to =
this file and that’s why the package kept growing in size. The resolution h=
ere was to specify a different location for the archived data using this KB=
article, although your exact resol=
ution will ultimately depend on the app you find creating the data.

This isn’t an issue isolated to Outlook so if you run into any issue where =
you find the usrvol_sftfs.pkg growing in size over time you can use the sam=
e procedure to figure out why.

Hope this helps!

J.C. Hornbeck | Manageability Knowledge Engineer

The SoftGrid Team Blog / Tu=
e, 03 Jun 2008 14:55:42 GMT

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