Symantec™ Workspace Streaming 6.1 Release Notes

You no longer need to convert MSIs into virtual layers before creating streaming packages. MSIs can now be packaged and installed into a layer dynamically, greatly simplifying virtual application rollout. Leverage your investments in existing MSI applications without additional repackaging effort while still retaining the full runtime installation logic.

Enhanced mobile user provisioning

Applications can be automatically targeted for offline use when streamed to laptops. This improves user experience while reducing management overhead for the IT staff to support mobile workers.

Flexible application distribution

Distribute the application’s startup blocks (typically 10-15%) via portable storage device (USB), network share or any other software distribution mechanism. Users stream the application after launch, providing additional options to distribute and access streamed applications with the IT admin retaining full control of licensing and usage at all times.

Performance enhancements

Performance enhancements have been made to the package upload process, MSI package distribution, and in several other components. The initial streaming performance has been improved by 25-30% for snapshot applications.

Scalability enhancements

Over 200% improvement in the number of sessions supported by the streaming server. More number of users can now be served with fewer servers.

Support for Windows 2008 server

Packaging templates

Application specific template files can now be to used to further simplify the packaging process. Templates contain settings specific for each application and are portable for easy sharing between users.

Supported Platforms

Client operating systems

Windows Vista and Windows Vista SP1
Windows Server 2003
Windows 2000 is supported only in legacy mode. New functionality in 6.1 is not supported on this platform.

Server operating systems

Windows 2008
Windows 2003

Database

Microsoft SQl Server 2005
Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Oracle 10 and 11
PostgreSQL when installed by Workspace Streaming

The following databases are no longer supported in 6.1: All versions of MySQL, Oracle 8, 9, and Microsoft SQL Server

System Requirements

Client

System Processor	Pentium III, 500 MHz minimum
System Memory	256 MB memory minimum
Free Disk Space	50 MB of free disk space, plus twice the size of the installed application(s) (NTFS recommended)

Server

System Processor	Minimum 1GHz of processor capability
System Memory	2 GB memory minimum
Free Disk Space	2 GB of free disk space, plus three times space required by the applications to be uploaded on to the server

Streaming Composer

System Processor	Pentium III, 700 MHz minimum
System Memory	256 MB memory minimum (512 MB recommended)
Free Disk Space	30 MB of free disk space, plus three times size of the package

Installation

Complete installation instructions are included x

Upgrade

Complete upgrade instructions are included x

Known Issues in this Release

The following are unresolved issues in this release. For additional information regarding an issue, click the Article ID link.

Server Known Issues	Article ID
Problems with Data Access server failover when using SSL/LDAP.	44726
Troubleshooting slow LDAP queries.	44727
Manual steps required when changing the user data source from Microsoft Active Directory to Novell eDirectory.	44728
Server installation quits unexpectedly after a failed connection to SQL Server 2005 when using fully qualified domain name.	45530
Data Access server port is reset to default after editing Server Group Configuration details.	45531
Background streaming data transfer values don't apply in direct request mode.	45532
License descriptor maximum usage and Inactive application users reports require manual update when using an Oracle database.	45533

Client Known Issues	Article ID
If a network interruption occurs during streaming of a virtual software package the process must be restarted.	44729
Icon and package prepopulation does not succeed when client uses IP address to contact a server configured by hostname.	44730
Icon refresh causes 5.2.2 shortcut icons to remain after upgrade.	44732
Reghook doesn't run on Windows Vista if driver verifier is active.	44733
Appstream client installation fails when Altiris SVS is already installed.	44735
Streaming Agent cannot be installed by guest user on Windows XP.	44736
Streaming package upgrade might fail if registry settings are removed between versions.	45534

Packaging Known Issues	Article ID
Error occurs when streaming an Office 2003 MSI package on Vista systems with McAfee Enterprise 8.5i.	44737
The Admin Console "Available Packages" screen delays during initial load.	44738
Non-admin users are unable to upgrade Microsoft Visio package.	44739
Office 2007 SVS package doesn't launch properly on XP systems with Computer Associates Enterprise 8.1.	44740
Office 2007, Project 2007, and Visio 2007 require snapshot packages.	44741
Streaming an MSI application as an SVS layer works for single user installations only.	44742
After streaming opening Office 2007 Pro help initiates self-heal.	44752
Possible conflicts streaming Office 2003 and Office 2007 virtual packages on the same system.	44753

Third Party Legal Notices

This Symantec product may contain third party software for which Symantec is required to provide attribution (“Third Party Programs”). Some of the Third Party Programs are available under open source or free software licenses. The License Agreement accompanying the Software does not alter any rights or obligations you may have under those open source or free software licenses. This section contains proprietary notices for the Third Party Programs and the licenses for the Third Party Programs, where applicable.

jTDS may be downloaded at the following url: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=33291

jTDS is Free Software. jTDS is made available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License.

Legacy ID

44725

Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC1724