Novell® ZENworks® Application Virtualization Advanced Administration
Robert KraczekTechnical Sales Specialist - Endpoint ManagementNovell, Inc/[email protected]
Bob ReynoldsTechnical Sales Specialist | Endpoint ManagementNovell, Inc/[email protected]
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Agenda
Traditional Application Challenges
Overview: ZENworks® Application Virtualization
Creating a Virtualized Desktop– Building simple applications– Building advanced applications
Questions and Answers
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Traditional Application Challenges
• Failed application installations
• Too many images to maintain and patch
• Application incompatibilities
• Software and registry conflicts
• Contingency planning and execution
• Desktop security can get in the way
• Testing is expensive and time consuming
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ZENworks® vs. Traditional Install
• Zero set or install process
• No privileges required
• Pre-configured
• Side-by-side w/out conflict
• Runs on Windows 7
• Light compatibility test
• Long setup
• Requires privileges
• Requires configuration
• Conflicts between versions
• Broken on Windows 7
• Heavy test matrix
ZENworks Virtualization Traditional Applications
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The Value of Virtualized Applications
Desktop Hardware
DLL “Hell”
E-mail clients Office Suites
Browser Plugins Run Times
Web Browsers Doc. Readers
Applications
Windows OS
Desktop Hardware
Windows OSInternet Ex plorer 7
Office 200 3
Office 200 7
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eThe ROI Factor• 60% savings on application testing, packaging and support • 5-7% saving of overall application management
Source: Gartner April 2008, ID#G00155897
Traditional Installations Application Virtualization
Stop “DLL hell”
- Applications can be completely isolated- Cuts testing and planning cycles
Less IT processes and complexity
- Ease deployment and upgrade burdens
- Instant contingency plans
- Distribute one file via ZENworks or media
- Eliminates license reclamation
Control & Consistency
- Maintain security configuration
Internet Ex plorer 6
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Overview
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Overview:ZENworks® Application Virtualization (ZAV) Description
• ZENworks Application Virtualization is a tool that allows you to quickly and easily package Windows applications in virtual containers for distribution to your users and workstations.
• ZENworks Application Virtualization is a standalone tool that does not require any other Novell® software
• Applications encapsulated using ZENworks Application Virtualization could be easily distributed with other ZENworks products including:– Novell® ZENworks® 10 Configuration Management– Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management
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Overview:ZENworks® Application Virtualization Architecture
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Overview:ZENworks® Application Virtualization Terminology
Studio– ZENworks® Application Virtualization GUI interface
Wizard– Part of GUI interface that allows downloading of templates
XAPPL– Main configuration file
XLAYER/Component– Compressed application that will be merged with a virtual
application during the runtime of the virtual applicationSandbox
– Storage location on a host system that represents a file system and registry for a virtual application
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Overview:ZENworks® Application Virtualization Terminology
XREG– Tool that allows you to easily “register” a virtual application with
the host– Automatically configures the file associations and shortcuts on
the host– Can be used to “register” multiple virtual applications with a
shared sandbox– Can also be used to unregister applications and clear the
sandbox
Demonstration:Creating a Virtualized Desktop
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Limitations
• Restricted to User Space applications• Applications requiring changes to:
– Kernel– Hardware driver changes
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Best Practices on Building an Application
• Prepare a clean windows machine– New XP/Win7 install (no drivers or other software)– Imaging (physical machine) or snapshotting (virtual machine)
• Capture before– Install applications including any necessary reboots– Configure application by open all parts and making necessary
changes• Optional: preserve environment
– Imaging (physical machine) or snapshotting (virtual machine)– New ZENworks® Application Virtualization (ZAV) feature called
“Apply Configuration”
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Best Practices on Building an Application(cont.)
• Capture differences– Save to local drive first, then copy to shared storage– Immediately make backup copy of snapshot.xappl
• Optional: copy application EXEs for icon access
• Testing– User privileged accounts– Administrator privileged accounts
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Tips
• Add CMD.EXE to each virtual application• Leverage custom meta data to help track application
changes• Set to write-copy to have virtual GroupWise® 8 SP1
launch Office attachments:– HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\In
staller\– HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\
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Demonstration #1Simple Applications
Building a simple application using:• Wizard
– Internet Explorer 6• Capture Before
– Firefox
Building a simple component using• Wizard
– Runtimes - Java Environment• Capture Before
– Flash 10
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Demonstration #2Advanced Applications (cont.)
Building an advanced application:• Jukeboxing
– Open Office demonstration• Isolation Options
– IE 6 bookmark Full Isolation
• Sandbox Determination– Same directory
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Studio Tour:Process Configuration
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Studio Tour:Setup
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Demonstration #3Advanced Applications (cont.)
Building an advanced application:• Patching
– Using components– Sandbox merging– Registry settings
• XREG– Using Default sandbox– Using custom sandbox
• XAPPL manual edit– Splash screen– XLAYER paths
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ZENworks® Application Virtualization Reference Locations File System
• Snapshot file– Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application
Data\Novell\_autosave.xsnapshot
• Downloaded templates– Active: Documents and Settings\username\My
Documents\Novell\Samples– Cache: Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application
Data\Xencode\TemplateCache
• Application's sandbox locations– Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application
Data\Novell\Sandbox\@TITLE@\@\VERSION@\@BUILDTIME@
• XREG “Default” sandbox location– Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application
Data\Xenocode\Sandboxes\Default
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ZENworks® Application Virtualization Reference Locations Registry System
• License certificate location– HKLM\SOFTWARE\Code Systems\Novell ZENworks
Application Virtualization 7.3• Installroot path
– HKLM\SOFTWARE\Novell\Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 7.3
• General ZAV settings– HKCU\Software\Code Systems\Novell ZENworks Application
Virtualization 7.3• Sandbox cache (dynamically created)
– HKCU\Software\Xenocode\SandboxCache
Questions and Answers
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