Virtualization by Davis: “Roaming Profile and Documentation” plus 13 more

Roaming Profile and Documentation
A singleton COM exe create two instance with Microsoft APP-V application
how To avoid the admin Previleges to launch the shortcut from start menu
Roaming Profile and Documentation
AppV 5 Office applications won't talk to KMS
CloudPhysics' resource management tool studies virtual infrastructures
KB: How To Enable Debug Logging in Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V)
VSphere 5.1 licensing changes offer SMBs enterprise-class computing
Get the most out of VMware Fusion 5 with a custom setup
Open Virtualization Format (OVF) – Citrix continues to engage and lead in Cloud
Red Hat to Present Cloud Technology Update Webcast on November 27
JUDCon 2012: China Expects More Than 800 Participants Across the Country
VDI vs. DaaS: How are cloud-hosted desktops different?
The Excalibur experience: video walk-through available now

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 04:20 PM PST

Hi All,

Looking for some pointers on roaming profiles and APP-V , can't see a lot of documenation out there. For instance what challenges do mandatory profiles present etc (or best avoided). Any tips appreciated!

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A singleton COM exe create two instance with Microsoft APP-V application

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 11:34 PM PST

Hi,

I have an IE Add-in toolbar created with COM components. Our toolbar is working fine in normal environment. We have a COM exe as a central for sending events to other add-ins of outlook and firefox of the same application. This COM exe has a single instance always for a user.

But when an IE is already running and an App-V virtualization enabled application from IE launched than in that case a new instance of COM exe created.

I have read the Microsoft App-V limitation, that says that COM+ or COM DLL may be not work properly with virtualization . Is this is the issue due to Application Virtualization or there is any work around of this?

Thanks,

Nikhil

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how To avoid the admin Previleges to launch the shortcut from start menu

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 07:52 PM PST

Hi All,

I have a vendor msi which after installation creates shortcut under start menu and the launching requires the admin privileges .kindly let me know if we can avoid the admin access so that standard user with out admin access can run the application without any problem.?

Many thanks

Umeed4u

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Roaming Profile and Documentation

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 04:20 PM PST

Hi All,

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AppV 5 Office applications won't talk to KMS

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 02:10 PM PST

I tried to sequence Lync 2013 in AppV5, but I get errors when it's published. It revolves around the licensing. For some reason, it won't talk back to the KMS.

How did the Office 2013 Preview package work? I keep getting shell extension and DCOM issues.

Can anyone help?

Here is where the DCOM for licensing is failed (in report.xml):

<ISSUE CODE="5" SEVERITY="WRN" MODULE="3731881984">    <DESCRIPTION SHORT="DCOM subsystem detected." FULL="The sequencer detected a DCOM subsystem. Application components that use DCOM will not work with App-V." />     <RESOLUTION SHORT="Verify package functionality." FULL="Thoroughly test your virtual application package to verify functionality." />   <MOREINFO DESCRIPTION="The DCOM subsystems detected are as follows:">    <ITEM DESCRIPTION="CSISYNCCLIENT.EXE (LaunchPermission)" />     <ITEM DESCRIPTION="Office Licensing COM Server 15 (AccessPermission)" />     <ITEM DESCRIPTION="Watson subscriber for SENS Network Events (RunAs)" />     <ITEM DESCRIPTION="{37B05236-FFB5-4D42-B0C8-4A36CBF1BE15} (AccessPermission)" />     <ITEM DESCRIPTION="{75F8B0F3-5E33-40FF-B553-E9BF16B3B108} (RunAs)" />     <ITEM DESCRIPTION="{C6EB466D-5A20-4F82-8862-A0AE4E61553D} (RunAs)" />     <ITEM DESCRIPTION="{C806725C-6E3A-450C-B261-74E8B49FFC9A} (RunAs)" />     </MOREINFO>    </ISSUE>

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CloudPhysics' resource management tool studies virtual infrastructures

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 07:35 AM PST

A new service from startup CloudPhysics may have admins rethinking resource management. Would you send data to the cloud for analysis and comparison?

KB: How To Enable Debug Logging in Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V)

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 12:31 PM PST

Here's another UE-V article that I thought I'd share here for now, at least until there's a better home for UE-V content somewhere else. This Knowledge Base article talks about how to enable debug logging:

Summary

This article describes how to enable debug logging for the Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) agent. This is useful in troubleshooting issues where settings or files are not replicating as expected. Typically, this process is ran on at least two different client machines to test replication.

More Information

First, identify the scenario you wish to trace. The two main variations for UE-V are tracing applications and tracing desktop settings. User application traces can be collected when an executable is launched; desktop settings must be recorded during logoff and subsequent logoff.

Traces collect data for all users logged in to a computer. If you wish to record a trace for a non-administrator account, you will need to either log in to a second desktop session (in the case of a Terminal Server, for example), or else launch a command prompt in the context of a member of the machine's local Administrators group by holding down the shift key and right-clicking on a shortcut to a Command Prompt. In addition, these commands must be ran in an elevated token.

Scenario 1: Tracing an Application

Log on to the computer as a member of the local administrators group.
Launch an elevated command prompt by right-clicking on a shortcut to Command Prompt and selecting Run as administrator.
Create the trace definition by running these two commands in the elevated Command Prompt window:
logman create trace UEV -P "Microsoft-User Experience Virtualization-App Agent" -ow -o uevtrace.etl

logman update UEV -P "Microsoft-User Experience Virtualization-Agent Driver"
Start the trace by typing the command logman start UEV
Close any running instances of the application you are investigating, then launch the application.
Reproduce the issue you are investigating, then close the application.
Stop the trace by typing logman stop UEV
Delete the trace definition by typing logman delete UEV
Decode the trace by typing the command netsh trace convert uevtrace_000001.etl DUMP=TXT

Note: The first trace you take will be named uevtrace_000001.etl by default. Edit the command above if you take multiple traces to reflect the name of the ETL file.

Scenario 2: Tracing a Desktop Settings Issue

Log on to the computer as a member of the local administrators group.
Launch an elevated command prompt by right-clicking on a shortcut to Command Prompt and selecting Run as administrator.
Create the trace definition by running these two commands in the elevated Command Prompt window:
logman create trace UEV -P "Microsoft-User Experience Virtualization-App Agent" -ow -o uevtrace.etl

logman update UEV -P "Microsoft-User Experience Virtualization-Agent Driver"
Start the trace by typing the command logman start UEV
Reproduce the issue you are investigating, then log off.
Log back on to the server.
Launch an elevated command prompt by right-clicking on a shortcut to Command Prompt and selecting Run as administrator.
Stop the trace by typing logman stop UEV
Delete the trace definition by typing logman delete UEV
Decode the trace by typing the command netsh trace convert uevtrace_000001.etl DUMP=TXT

Note: The first trace you take will be named uevtrace_000001.etl by default. Edit the command above if you take multiple traces to reflect the name of the ETL file.

Alternate Method: Event Viewer Logging

If you wish to use Event Viewer rather than text file logging, use the steps below.

Log on to the computer as a member of the local administrators group.
Launch Event Viewer.
Select View\Show Analytic and Debug Logs.
Navigate to Event Viewer (Local)\Applications and Service Logs\Microsoft\User Experience Virtualization\App Agent.
Right-click on Debug under App Agent and select Enable Log.
Select OK when presented with the "Analytic and Debug logs may lose events when they are enabled. Do you want to enable this log?" dialog.
Reproduce your issue.
Right click Debug and select Refresh.
Right click Debug and select Disable Log.

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For the most current version of this article please see the following:

2782997 - How To Enable Debug Logging in Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V)

J.C. Hornbeck | Knowledge Engineer | Management and Security Division

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VSphere 5.1 licensing changes offer SMBs enterprise-class computing

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 09:03 AM PST

VMware's new tiers for vSphere 5.1 licensing give SMBs access to enterprise-class virtualization capabilities such as data protection and vMotion.

Get the most out of VMware Fusion 5 with a custom setup

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 08:06 AM PST

What can you expect when upgrading to VMware Fusion 5? Hint: Up-to-date OS support and speed. And you might want to deploy Fusion on multiple Macs.

Open Virtualization Format (OVF) – Citrix continues to engage and lead in Cloud

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 11:21 AM PST

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Red Hat to Present Cloud Technology Update Webcast on November 27

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 09:00 PM PST

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JUDCon 2012: China Expects More Than 800 Participants Across the Country

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 09:00 PM PST

Red Hat announces agenda for inaugural JBoss User and Developers Conference in China.

VDI vs. DaaS: How are cloud-hosted desktops different?

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 01:44 PM PST

Cloud-hosted desktops are a whole new ballgame when it comes to management, security and licensing. Learn more in this comparison with VDI.

The Excalibur experience: video walk-through available now

Posted: 17 Nov 2012 01:32 PM PST

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