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Chapter 2: What's New in SVS 2.1

Chapter 2: What's New in SVS 2.1
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Submitted by Juicemaster on 7 June, 2007 - 17:01.

This section provides information about the feature enhancements in the 2.1 release of Software Virtualization Solution.

Topics include:

  • SVS Logon Hook
  • Altiris SVS User Admin Utility
  • Altiris Task Server Plug-In
  • Global Excludes Feature
  • SVS Control Panel Applet
  • Additional Platform Support
  • Additional Language Support

SVS Logon Hook

The SVS Logon Hook lets you trigger SVS actions based on Microsoft Windows* user/ group logon and logoff events. You can create and use files that automatically activate, deactivate, reset, import, export, and delete layers whenever a user logs into, or logs out of, Microsoft Windows.

For information, see Altiris® Software Virtualization Solution™ Logon Hook.

Altiris SVS User Admin Utility

The SVS User Admin utility is the user interface tool that supports SVS Logon Hook functionality. It lets administrators create and edit User Settings XML files that are referenced by SVS client computers. Using the SVS User Admin utility, administrators can define which SVS event actions to perform when a user logs on or off of a computer.

For information, see Using the Logon Hook User Admin Utility on page 93.

Altiris Task Server Plug-In

An SVS Task-Server Plug-in is included in the installation of Altiris Software Virtualization Solution. The plug-in lets you to leverage the benefits of the Altiris Task Server infrastructure, including automation and task sequencing.

SVS Task Server Plug-in adds functionality to the Altiris Task Server that lets you create tasks for managing SVS layers on client computers. You can then create jobs that include these tasks.

For information, see SVS Task Server Plug-in

Global Excludes Feature

Exclude entries are used in SVS to select file types and folders that you do not want to be captured into layers. SVS now supports global exclude entries that let you setup exclude entries on a global level for a system. These entries can be file type extensions or directory locations.

For information, see Global Exclude Entries.

SVS Control Panel Applet

An Altiris SVS Control Panel Applet is included as an optional component installed with the Altiris Software Virtualization Agent. It is available from the Windows Control Panel. Depending on the installation of either SVS Admin or Virtual Package Editor (installed with Wise Package Studio) you can use the applet to create, import, export, and manage virtual layers, and also configure local software virtualization options.

For information, see Altiris SVS Applet.

Additional Platform Support

SVS now supports computers running Microsoft Windows Vista*.

SVS also supports using VSPs in the following environments:

  • Ardence/Dell SmartClient*
  • Hewlett-Packard Consolidated Client Infrastructure (HP CCI)*
  • VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)/IBM Virtual Client Solution*

For information, see:

Additional Language Support

This version of SVS agent has added support for the following additional languages:

  • Arabic
  • Dutch
  • Danish
  • Italian
  • Portuguese
  • Russian
  • Swedish

This version of the Notification Server based solution has added support for the following additional languages:

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  • Italian
  • Portuguese
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Global Excludes question

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Submitted by bkaulins on 22 August, 2007 - 13:09.

Nice article!
How can I configure the new Global excludes feature prior to deploying the SVS_21 client to computers?

Adding Global Exclude

Submitted by AngelD on 22 August, 2007 - 14:53.

Global excludes are stored in the registry as REG_DWORD entries under "HKLM\SYSTEM\Altiris\FSL\Exclude". So adding your own could be as simple as updating the Registry table or authoring a custom action doing the same through a transform. You can specify static directory paths or/and SVS variables as the name of the registry entry. The value is 1 for only the directory or 2 for the directory and its subdirectories.

ex.
exclude files in the "C:\temp" folder
[_B_]SYSTEMDRIVE[_E_]\temp = 1
exclude files and directories in the "C:\temp" folder
[_B_]SYSTEMDRIVE[_E_]\temp = 2