Una caratteristica della release definitiva di SVS è la possibilità di configurare SVS in modo che certe applicazioni in esecuzione nel computer, non vedano le applicazioni virtualizzate. Jared Payne descrive come e quando questo può essere un aspetto molto utile.

La release finale di Software Virtualization Solution (SVS) include una caratteristica denominata Program Ignore. Program Ignore rende possibile per le applicazioni che sono installate in un computer, di essere eseguite e di non vedere i dati virtualizzati. Questa caratteristica è molto semplice da usare.

1. Aprire regedit e andare alla voce HKLM\System\Altiris\FSL
2. Creare/Modificare una nuava valore Multistringa denominato "ProgramIgnoreList"
3. Inserire il percorso completo dell'eseguibile che vuoi escludere in "ProgramIgnoreList"
4. Riavviare il computer (la lista di esclusione è letta solo in fase di avvio del sistema)

Il software di antivirus è uno delle...

Q:
Peter asks: One of the things I have taken note of is that I cannot install a new layer as long as some layers are active - which would mean that if I have eighty apps installed thru SVS, I would have to deactivate eighty layers before I can install a new one?

A:
Yes, you must deactivate all layers while doing a capture in SVS 2.0. It's a temporary limitation, but here's why we did it that way in the first release:

We took the perspective of the corporate repackager, who typically works on a "clean machine" in a lab to create and edit software packages, including VSP's. In that scenario, we did not want customers inadvertently creating cross-layer dependencies; Altiris doesn't yet provide detection, tracking or management of dependencies between VSP's. So SVS forces you to have no active layers while in capture mode.

Intentionally creating cross-layer dependencies: It's possible to...

Even though the browse dialog in SVS Admin for Single Program Capture does not accept .bat as a valid file type, you can still use batch files. You can either paste or manually type the path to the batch you want to run into the Program name text field.

Procedure

1. Create a batch (.bat) file containing the command lines for launching each of the programs you want to capture to a single layer.

In Software Virtualization Solution Admin:

2. Click File > Create New Layer.
3. Select Install application.
4. Click Next.
5. Type in a name for the layer.
6. Click Next.
7. Select Single program capture.
8. Under Program name type in the path and name of your batch file.
9. Click Next.
10. Click Finish.

Capture mode will start and your batch file will be launched. Capture mode will end after the batch file has been processed. If capture mode does not end after the batch...

If you're like me you have plenty of layers in your SVS Admin list. Here are a few tips I'm using that may help you manage your list a tad better.

Managing Autostart Layers

I have a number of autostart layers that were scattered around the alphabetized layer list and wanted to indicate that they were autostart without having to check each one as well as force them to the TOP of the list.

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