User manual NOVELL ZENWORKS APPLICATION VIRTUALIZATION 8.0.2 11-2010

[. . . ] novdocx (en) 16 April 2010 AUTHORIZED DOCUMENTATION User Guide Novell® 8. 0. 2 ZENworks Application Virtualization November 30, 2010 www. novell. com ZENworks Application Virtualization User Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Legal Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1. 1 2 Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2. 1 2. 2 2. 3 2. 4 2. 5 2. 6 What is a virtual application?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ZENworks Application Virtualization features overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Do Novell virtual applications require any device drivers?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 How is Novell virtualization different from hardware virtualization?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] To reset a sandbox, use one of the following commands: SpoonReg. exe [Profile] /reset [SandboxSpec] SpoonReg. exe [Profile] /r [SandboxSpec] If a SandboxSpec is not supplied, the default sandbox is reset. 6. 4. 3 Deleting a sandbox Deleting a sandbox removes all applications, data, and settings from the sandbox. To delete a sandbox, use one of the following commands: SpoonReg. exe [Profile] /delete [SandboxSpec] SpoonReg. exe [Profile] /d [SandboxSpec] If a SandboxSpec is not supplied, the default sandbox will be reset (the default sandbox cannot be deleted). Any applications registered to the deleted sandbox will be moved to the default sandbox. 55 Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 6. 4. 4 Moving a sandbox You can use SpoonReg to move the sandbox location to a given path. To move a sandbox: SpoonReg. exe [Profile] /move [SandboxSpec] [SandboxPath] 56 Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 6. 5 DEPLOYING IN ACTIVE DIRECTORY ENVIRONMENTS This section describes how an organization using Microsoft's Active Directory can leverage that infrastructure with the SpoonReg tool to deploy Novell virtual applications to their users. 6. 5. 1 Active Directory Active Directory allows the network administrator to manage users and groups within an organization. Many organizations use Active Directory to manage their network services. By combining Active Directory with SpoonReg, administrators can deploy virtual applications easily and reliably to one or more users in their organization. 6. 5. 2 SpoonReg SpoonReg manages the virtual desktop environment for a given user by registering and unregistering virtual applications. A typical SpoonReg command to register an application such as Firefox would be: \\VirtualAppServer\Tools\SpoonReg. exe \\VitualAppServer\Apps\Firefox. exe This represents the basic functionality of SpoonReg which would copy the virtual application executable, create Start Menu items and desktop shortcuts and setup file associations. 6. 5. 3 Using SpoonReg with Active Directory In an organization, it is generally more desirable to manage a group of users rather than one at a time. By combining Active Directory with SpoonReg you can manage the virtual environment for a user, group, or Organizational Unit. Here we will walk through some scenarios on how this can be accomplished. Note: In order to manage virtual applications using Active Directory, the users must have access to a shared network drive where the virtual application executable files exist. This can be specified by a full UNC path, or by using a mapped network drive. 6. 5. 4 Scenario 1: Linking an organizational unit (OU) to a group policy object (GPO) Active Directory offers many ways to manage network services for an organization. Here we are going to look at how we can use an OU in combination with a GPO to manage the virtual application environment for a set of users. 6. 5. 5 Organizational unit (OU) In Active Directory, OUs are containers where you can place users, groups and other OUs. Using these containers the administrator can create a structure that models the hierarchical or logical structures within the organization. By setting up the OUs we can isolate the different groups of users that will receive their own set of virtual applications. Some examples would be Accounting, Sales, Marketing, etc. 6. 5. 6 Group policy object (GPO) 57 Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization GPOs are a way of applying a set of rules and features to a targeted set of users. Typically GPOs handle security, application installation, logon/logoff scripts, Internet Explorer settings and more. A GPO generally gets applied when a user logs on to a given domain. Based on their profile, various GPOs will be applied. 6. 5. 7 SpoonReg and the GPO For the purposes of virtual application deployment we can configure the GPO to run the necessary SpoonReg commands to register a given set of virtual applications. You can create and edit GPOs using the Group Policy Object Editor. This comes as an add-on to Microsoft's Active Directory. The simplest way to deal with the virtual application management is by creating a logon script that registers the virtual applications for a particular group in the organization. You would do this under User Configuration > Windows Settings > Scripts in the Group Policy Object Editor. [. . . ] The title attribute indicates the title of the verb. The verb attribute indicates the verb value. The arguments attribute indicates the arguments passed to the target of the verb at runtime. 105 Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization The default attribute denotes whether this verb is the default verb (True) or not (False). 106 Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 10 TROUBLESHOOTING This section describes the most common configuration errors that occur when using ZENworks Application Virtualization. If you encounter a problem with a virtual application, please carefully read this section or query the online knowledge base before using other support options. [. . . ]