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- Page 1 AUTHORIZED DOCUMENTATION Integration and Streaming Guide Novell ® ZENworks Application Virtualization ® May 7, 2010 www.novell.com Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 Integration and Streaming Guide...
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
2 Preparing GroupWise Messenger for Virtualization 3 Preparing GroupWise and GroupWise Notify for Virtualization 4 Preparing Novell OpenOffice for Virtualization 5 Using Virtual Applications with ZENworks Configuration Management ZENworks Startup Options........... . 25 ZENworks Bundle Publishing . - Page 6 Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 Integration and Streaming Guide...
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Page 7: About This Guide
This guide provides information about using Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization to prepare Novell products for use in your environment. The information in this guide is organized as follows: Chapter 1, “Overview,” on page 9 Chapter 2, “Preparing GroupWise Messenger for Virtualization,” on page 13 Chapter 3, “Preparing GroupWise and GroupWise Notify for Virtualization,”... - Page 8 Users of platforms that require a forward slash, such as Linux* or UNIX*, should use forward slashes as required by your software. Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 Integration and Streaming Guide...
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Page 9: Overview
The application is now isolated from other system applications, preventing DLL conflicts and other deployment nightmares, yet the experience for the application’s user is unchanged. ZENworks Application Virtualization lets you use the Configuration Wizard to prepare Novell ® GroupWise , GroupWise Messenger, and Novell OpenOffice for virtualization. - Page 10 To use the Configuration Wizard to virtualize GroupWise, GroupWise Messenger, or Novell OpenOffice: 1 Click Start > All Programs > Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 > Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 to start the application. 2 Click the Configuration Wizard button in the Tools section of the Virtual Application ribbon.
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Page 11: Manually Preparing Applications For Virtualization
Chapter 2, “Preparing GroupWise Messenger for Virtualization,” on page To prepare Novell OpenOffice, you have the option to create a single executable file to launch the OpenOffice.org Quickstarter, which lets users choose the program to launch (Writer, Calc, Draw, Impress, or Math). For more information, see Chapter 4, “Preparing Novell OpenOffice... - Page 12 Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 Integration and Streaming Guide...
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Page 13: Preparing Groupwise Messenger For Virtualization
2 Click Start > All Programs > Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 > Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 to start the application. - Page 14 13 Test the virtual application executable file on another machine. The executable file is now ready to distribute to users. You can use any method you want to distribute the file, including USB thumb drives. Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 Integration and Streaming Guide...
- Page 15 You can also use Novell ZENworks or Novell ZENworks Configuration Management to distribute the file. For more information, see the ZENworks Documentation Web site (http://www.novell.com/ documentation/zenworks.html). Users must authenticate to the GroupWise Messenger system after they launch the virtual application.
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Page 17: Preparing Groupwise And Groupwise Notify For Virtualization
2 Click Start > All Programs > Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 > Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 to start the application. - Page 18 Ensure that you have enough disk space in your ZENworks Application Virtualization sandbox to store that mailbox. For information, see the Configuring the sandbox location topic in online help (click Help > click Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization Documentation 7 > Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 Integration and Streaming Guide...
- Page 19 The executable file is now ready to distribute to users. You can use any method you want to distribute the file, including USB thumb drives. You can also use Novell ZENworks or Novell ZENworks Configuration Management to distribute the file. For more information, see the ZENworks Documentation Web site (http://www.novell.com/...
- Page 20 GroupWise. The virtual executable file can be used to run GroupWise in Online, Remote, or Caching mode. For more information on these modes, see the GroupWise Documentation Web site (http:// www.novell.com/documentation/groupwise.html). Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 Integration and Streaming Guide...
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Page 21: Preparing Novell Openoffice For Virtualization
2 Click Start > All Programs > Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 > Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 to start the application. - Page 22 ZENworks options. For more information, continue with the instructions in Appendix 5, “Using Virtual Applications with ZENworks Configuration Management,” on page 10 From the Startup File drop-down list, select the file. quickstart.exe Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 Integration and Streaming Guide...
- Page 23 Calc, Draw, Impress, or Math). ZENworks Application Virtualization allows multiple entry points into the virtual application to be triggered based on a command line argument to the virtual application executable. If you use Novell ZENworks or Novell ZENworks Configuration Management to distribute applications, command line arguments let you use the same application object for all OpenOffice.org programs.
- Page 24 If you create a trigger for each application in Novell OpenOffice, you can use the trigger as a command line option in ZENworks Desktop Management or ZENworks Configuration Management to launch the desired application from an application object. For example, if you specify...
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Page 25: Using Virtual Applications With Zenworks Configuration Management
Using Virtual Applications with ZENworks Configuration Management ® ® If you use Novell ZENworks Configuration Management in your environment, you can control how virtual application are used and you can create and publish ZENworks bundles used to distribute virtual applications to users. -
Page 26: Zenworks Bundle Publishing
ZENworks bundle after it is built. 5 (Conditional) Select the Automatically publish applications as ZENworks bundle after successful build option to automatically publish the bundle to the folder you specified in Step Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 Integration and Streaming Guide... - Page 27 6 (Conditional) If you selected the Automatically publish applications as ZENworks bundle after successful build option, continue with the steps for configuring the virtual application: GroupWise Messenger: Step 10 on page GroupWise and GroupWise Notify: Step 11 on page Novell OpenOffice: Step 10 on page Using Virtual Applications with ZENworks Configuration Management...
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Page 29: Streaming Virtual Applications
Streaming Virtual Applications ® ® Using tools that ship with Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization, you can stream virtual applications from either the Internet or from a shared network resource. This section includes the following information: Section 6.1, “What You Need to Know Before You Use Streaming,” on page 29 Section 6.2, “Streaming Virtual Applications from the Web,”... -
Page 30: Streaming Virtual Applications From The Web
6.1.3 Purchasing a Permanent License and Key Pair When you purchase the product, Novell or a Novell reseller sends you a link to a license file for the application packager and a new key pair for streaming. If you were previously evaluating the... -
Page 31: Configuring The Web Server
Novell customer account. To license the product, download either the evaluation public and private license keys (included in zav8-nov-eval.zip or the public and private license keys that you purchased from Novell (included in zav8-nov- Streaming Virtual Applications... -
Page 32: Adding Applications To The Server
). Depending on the purchase status, your Novell Customer Center account displays the xxxxxx.zip appropriate license file. Select the license package you want and save it to an accessible .zip location. “Installing the Public Key” on page 32 “Installing the Private Key” on page 32... - Page 33 A concrete example of a path for a non-streamed application might be http://www.mysite.com/spoon/layers/firefox/3.5.0.8__0/ Creating an Application Configuration File Each application delivered using the Spoon Standalone requires a unique configuration file. .xml Each configuration file is linked to the private key. An application configuration file is copied to the Web server and referenced in the Web page where the application is launched.
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Page 34: Testing The Spoon Standalone Setup
NOTE: The application configuration file is cached by the plug-in for up to 15 minutes. If the application configuration is changed, it is best to restart the Spoon plug-in (select Start > All Programs > Startup > Spoon Sandbox Manager) before retesting. Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 Integration and Streaming Guide... -
Page 35: Streaming Virtual Applications From A Network Share
Troubleshooting an Application That Fails to Buffer The DebugView tool from Microsoft* generates logging information output from the Spoon plug-in. Use the following steps to obtain, configure, and use the tool. 1 Download the DebugView tool from the Microsoft Web site (http://technet.microsoft.com/en- us/sysinternals/bb896647.aspx). -
Page 36: Integrating Modelplay With The Xreg Command Line Tool
The following example shows the use of the command line options and the integration of XReg in a script: Modelplay.exe /run \\path\to\model\model.xm /cache C:\path\to\svm\application.svm XReg.exe C:\path\to\svm\application.svm Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 Integration and Streaming Guide... -
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This section contains information about documentation content changes that were made in the ® ® Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 Integration and Streaming Guide after its original April 19, 2010 release date. The changes are listed according to the date they were published. - Page 38 Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0 Integration and Streaming Guide...