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Integration and Streaming Guide
Novell
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ZENworks
Application Virtualization
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8.0.2
November 30, 2010
www.novell.com
Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0.2 Integration and Streaming Guide

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  • Page 1 AUTHORIZED DOCUMENTATION Integration and Streaming Guide Novell ® ZENworks Application Virtualization ® 8.0.2 November 30, 2010 www.novell.com Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0.2 Integration and Streaming Guide...
  • Page 2 Further, Novell, Inc., reserves the right to make changes to any and all parts of Novell software, at any time, without any obligation to notify any person or entity of such changes.
  • Page 3 Novell Trademarks For Novell trademarks, see the Novell Trademark and Service Mark list (http://www.novell.com/company/legal/ trademarks/tmlist.html). Third-Party Materials All third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
  • Page 4 Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0.2 Integration and Streaming Guide...

  • 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 8.0.2 Integration and Streaming Guide...

  • Page 7: About This Guide

    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 Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0.2 Integration and Streaming Guide...

  • Page 9: Overview

    Overview Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization lets you convert applications that run on Microsoft Windows into self-contained virtual applications. After being virtualized, an application becomes a single, isolated file that runs instantly from anywhere, including a thumb drive or other removable media.
  • Page 10 To use the Configuration Wizard to virtualize GroupWise, GroupWise Messenger, or Novell OpenOffice: 1 Click Start > All Programs > Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0.2 > Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0.2 to start the application. Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0.2 Integration and Streaming Guide...

  • Page 11: Manually Preparing Applications For Virtualization

    5 Click Next, then follow the instructions in the wizard. 1.2 Manually Preparing Applications for Virtualization Most commercial applications, including GroupWise and Novell OpenOffice, require complex combinations of file system and registry entries to function properly. To facilitate virtualization of these applications, ZENworks Application Virtualization creates snapshot application installations and automatically configures itself based on modifications made to the host system during application setup.
  • Page 12 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 13: Preparing Groupwise Messenger For Virtualization

    2 Click Start > All Programs > Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0.2 > Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0.2 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 8.0.2 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.
  • Page 16 Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0.2 Integration and Streaming Guide...

  • Page 17: Preparing Groupwise And Groupwise Notify For Virtualization

    2 Click Start > All Programs > Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0.2 > Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0.2 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 8.0.2 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 8.0.2 Integration and Streaming Guide...

  • Page 21: Preparing Novell Openoffice For Virtualization

    2 Click Start > All Programs > Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0.2 > Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0.2 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 8.0.2 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...

  • 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: 5.2 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 8.0.2 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...
  • Page 28 Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0.2 Integration and Streaming Guide...

  • Page 29: Streaming Virtual Applications

    Streaming Virtual Applications Using tools that ship with Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization, you can stream virtual applications either from the Internet or from a shared network resource. Section 6.1, “Streaming Tools Included in the Product Download,” on page 29 Section 6.2, “Streaming Virtual Applications from the Web,” on page 29 Section 6.3, “Streaming Virtual Applications from a Network Share,”...

  • Page 30: Setting Up Files On A Web Server

    Example: Spoon_Config = 'http://www.mysite.com/config/myappconfig.xml’; For more information, see “Creating an Application Configuration File by Using the Command Line Utility” on page Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0.2 Integration and Streaming Guide...

  • Page 31: Streaming License Certificates

    6.2.3 Streaming License Certificates ZENworks Application Virtualization allows you to generate site license certificates, which can then be used to generate application configurations to be used with the Novell standalone streaming server. 1 Launch the ZENworks Application Virtualization console, then click Advanced.
  • Page 32 Creating an Application Configuration File by Using ZENworks Application Virtualization ZENworks Application Virtualization now allows you to generate site license certificates, which can then be used to generate application configurations for use with Novell’s standalone streaming server. 1 Launch the ZENworks Application Virtualization console, then click Advanced.

  • Page 33: Testing The Spoon Standalone Setup

    /o: The output file. The following is an example of the command line syntax that was used to create a GroupWise application configuration file. C:\inetpub\wwwroot>LicenseUtil-Novell.exe CreateAppConfig /pc c:\bh\Zav8- Internal-Spoon Certs\ZAV80-NOV-0000#.xml /an groupwise /av 8.0.1.0;0;0 /au http://164.99.186.184/spoon/layers/groupwise/8-0-1-0__0/xtream/0/model.xm / xvm http://164.99.186.184/config/xvm.xml /spoonreg http://164.99.186.184/ spoon/config/spoonreg.xml /vm 8.0.1236.1;0 /o groupwise.xml...

  • Page 34: Streaming Virtual Applications From A Network Share

    The SpoonPlay command line tool ( ) ships with . Copy this file to the spoonplay.exe xvm.exe same folder where you run . The file streams the application, and spoonplay.exe spoonplay.exe file runs it. xvm.exe Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0.2 Integration and Streaming Guide...

  • Page 35: Using The Spoonplay Command Line

    6.3.2 Using the SpoonPlay Command Line There are only two available command line options in SpoonPlay. The run option defines the application to launch. Syntax Example: /run \\path_to_streaming_files\streamingfile.xm The cache option defines whether to cache the application locally and where the application should be cached.
  • Page 36 Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0.2 Integration and Streaming Guide...

  • Page 37: Appendix A, "Documentation Updates

    This section contains information about documentation content changes that were made in the Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0.2 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: A.4 April 28, 2010

    Added an important note to alert users to the need to have the Configuration File by Using the .NET Framework 3.5 install3ed on the machine where they use Command Line Utility” on page 32 LicenseUtil-Novell.exe command line utility. Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.0.2 Integration and Streaming Guide...

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