Monthly Archive for August, 2011

SVS/SWV: Non Virtual Application may perform very slow while at least 1 virtual layer is active

Published by Fabio Di Lorenzo on August 11, 2011 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Symptom

A software package which is non virtual may perform very slow.

Solution / Workaround

Even non-virtual application are being redirected through the SVS/SWV Filesystem Minidriver while at least 1 virtual layer is active on the system.

This may significantly slow down applications with many registry/file system I/O operations. (e.g bad performance at startup)

To work around this issue you can add those application to the SVS Program Ignore list which you may find at the following location:

HKLM\System\Altiris\ProgramIgnoreList (REG_MULTI_SZ)

However bear in mind that those applications will no longer see any virtualized resources.

Whats new in Java Runtime 7

Published by Stefan Hotan on August 11, 2011 in NEWS. 0 Comments

What’s new in Java Runtime 7 – from a Software Packaging or Administrator point of view?

This can be answered quite short: Nothing as been changed, the new version is based on the previous installation technology with the same limitations as know.

Here are the most important details about Java Runtime Environment 7

1. A silent repair is still not supported (uninstall and install has to be done) see our bolg for more details.

2. The previous JRE 6 version will not be uninstalled when installing the new JRE 7 version, but version 7 will be the default runtime

3. The new features of Java 7 or read the change log that can be found in the internet

4. Use ‘java -version’ on a command prompt to display the default JRE version and build

5. At last but not least, this package is available as Direct Package Download, a service from Ontrex SPA. DPDs are fully automated software packages that can be deployed with any software deployment systems.