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Managing virtual applications
About software virtualization
About virtual software archive files
What you cannot virtualize
See
"About managing virtual applications"
See
"Methods for virtualizing software"
A virtual software archive (VSA) file is a portable virtual software layer, which
installs one or more Windows-based applications or sets of data.
See
"About managing virtual applications"
You can use either of the following tools to repackage an application s installation
file to create a VSA file:
Wise Package Studio 7.0 or later
Software Virtualization Solution or its new version, which is called Symantec
Workspace Virtualization.
You can create a software resource for a VSA file in the Software Catalog. When
you create the software resource, you can add the VSA file to the Software Library.
In the Software Catalog, you can edit the software resource. For example, you can
define associations and additional command lines. The VSA Command Line
Builder makes it easy to create syntactically-correct command lines for the
software resource of a VSA file.
For more information, see the topics about the Software Catalog and software
resources in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
After you create the software resource for a VSA file in the Software Catalog, you
can use any delivery method to deliver it. You can also deliver a VSA file with a
Software Virtualization task.
You cannot virtualize the following applications or files:
Windows operating system components including
Internet Explorer
Windows operating system patches
Drivers
Applications that have dedicated drivers
For example, client firewalls.
All management agents including antivirus software,
security scanners, encryption agents, or any agent that
is used in the Symantec Management Platform
Data files that you plan to encrypt
The diagnostic utilities or recovery utilities that run in
safe mode
Software virtualization does not run in safe mode.
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