Microsoft Application Virtualization Dashboard Release Notes

March 2010

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Contents
1. Download and on-line locations 2. Brief description of Application Virtualization Dashboard 3. Contents of download package 4. Prerequisites 4. PrerequisitesInstallation instructions 6. Known issues

1. Download and on-line locations Download: https://connect.microsoft.com/InvitationUse.aspx?ProgramID=4505&InvitationID= SCD-BGMBFK9M&SiteID=14 TechNet online (summary information only): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff424455.aspx

2. Brief description of Application Virtualization Dashboard

The Application Virtualization (App-V) Dashboard addresses the needs for business managers and IT pros to manage the use of virtualized applications in their organizations as well as the health status of the managed computers (clients). Because the Dashboard is built on Windows SharePoint Services, users can access it without using the App-V console directly.

3. Contents of download package

The download is available as a single zip file, packaged as follows: AppVDashboard.zip AppVDashboard_x86.msi AppVDashboard_x64.msi Documentation Application Virtualization Dashboard User Guide.docx

Application Virtualization Dashboard Release Notes.rtf (this document) Pre Release License Terms for Application Virtualization Dashboard v.1.rtf 4. Prerequisites
The following table lists software requirements for the App-V Dashboard: Table 1. App-V Dashboard Software Requirements Infrastructure Operating System Resource See requirements for Microsoft Application Virtualization

Software

Application Virtualization v4.5 or v4.6 Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2

Note Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP2 is supported as an alternative to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010 is not supported.

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Browser

Note

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or Internet Explorer 8.0.

The For More Information section later in this guide provides links to all of the resources to which this guide refers.

You can download Windows SharePoint Services from Microsoft TechNet at Download Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. For information about installing Windows SharePoint Services, see Downloadable book: Installation guide for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. You can download Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 from the Microsoft Download Center at Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.

5. Installation instructions
Install the App-V Dashboard on servers that run Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP2. Remember that you need to have administrative privileges on the servers on which the application will be installed.
Note The setup wizard automatically detects whether you are installing the App-V Dashboard in a single-server environment or a multiple-server environment, and installs the Dashboard appropriately.

To install the App-V Dashboard 1. Download the .zip file App-VDashboard.zip to your computer. 2. Copy the App-VDashboard_x86.msi or App-VDashboard_x64.msi (whichever one is appropriate for your system) file from the location you specified during the download to a Windows SharePoint Services server that has Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Central Administration installed. 3. To begin the installation process, verify the logged on user who is running the installation has the following permissions: a. Member of the Domain Administrators Group b. SQL DBO on the SQL Server Database Server because you will create a new Session Database c. SharePoint Farm Administrator Note Use the same user you logged on for the Site Owner Login . 4. Run the .msi file. d. On the Start menu of the Windows SharePoint Services server, point to Programs, point to Accessories, rightclick Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. e. When prompted, click Continue. f. At the command prompt, change the current directory to the location of the msi file you want to install, and then type the following command: Msiexec /I App-VDashboard_x86.msi /L*V setup.log -orMsiexec /I App-VDashboard_x64.msi /L*V setup.log
Note If you are upgrading from the Beta release of the dashboard to RTM release of the dashboard, type the following command:

msiexec /i AppVDashboard_x86.msi reinstall=all reinstallmode=vomus -ormsiexec /i AppVDashboard_x64.msi reinstall=all reinstallmode=vomus 5. Follow the steps in the setup wizard, which will prompt for the following information:

Table 2. Information Needed by the Setup Wizard User Input Parameter Connect to Application Virtualization as Application Pool Identity Password Application Virtualization Database Server Name Description Domain user account to be used for the following: Application pool identity to use with Internet Information Services (IIS). User credentials to use with the Application Virtualization site database. Password that corresponds to the App-V Dashboard user name. Server that runs the Application Virtualization site database. Server name\InstanceName If the site database is attached to the default instance of SQL Server, specify only the Server Name for this property Database Name Format Domain\UserName

Application Virtualization Database Name Site Owner Login

Name of the Application Virtualization site database

User account for the SharePoint site owner

Domain\UserName
Note Use the same user you logged on for the Site Owner Login.

Site Owner E-mail Address SharePoint Database Server Name

E-mail address for the SharePoint site owner Server that runs the SharePoint databases.

email@contoso.com Server name\Instance Name If the database is attached to the default instance of SQL Server, specify only the Server Name for this property Database Name http://<server name>:<port number> Example: http://servername:12345

Session Database Name App-V Dashboard URL

Name of the SharePoint content database The URL for the default Dashboard page that the installation wizard will create. To make the Web parts and templates provided by the Dashboard available to all Web sites in a SharePoint installation, use port 80 (the default SharePoint port) in the default URL. Do not use localhost for the server name. Instead use the actual name of the server IP address. If you use localhost, users may not be able to access the Dashboard from other computers by browsing to http://<ServerName>:<PortNumber>. Instead they will have to use http://<ServerName>:<PortNumber>/Default.aspx.

6. When you receive a message that indicates the installation process is complete, click Finish.

6. Known issues
When there are too many labels, then the graph label values overlap and cannot be read. This is a known issue with Graph Controls. When there are too many data points to be displayed with in a small area then the label values overlap. To avoid this you can disable labels values to be displayed by manually adding <LABELASVALUEONGRAPH value = N /> tag to Graph Node property section of the respective xml file.

Sometimes graphs show duplicate data with different values This issue occurs when the data rendered by the SQL query contains multiple values for a same category. For example if we are counting number of clients based on location as shown in the below table Client Version V1.0 V1.0 V2.0 Location US Asia US Total 200 50 400

You can group data together based on Client Version or Location. You can group data together and display by manually adding <groupbylabel value ="Sum" /> tag to Graph Node property section of the respective xml file. This property supports sum (total), average, minimum, maximum, first, last or count of all of the values in the category When you set a custom date in a date filter on a Dashboard Viewer Web Part, the calendar might show-up on the top of the page regardless of where the calendar button is located. This is a known issue with Windows SharePoint Services and Ajax Controls. If you have many datasets on the dashboard, the performance of the dashboard might degrade. This is a known issue with the App-V Dashboard. The performance of the Dashboard may vary depending on the number of data sets presented and the complexity of the data set queries.

Setup will fail if you have ; character in AppPoolID password. Error: The password supplied with the username domain\username was not correct. Verify that it was entered correctly and try again. This is a known issue with the App-V Dashboard Setup. Please change the password without ; character. The App-V Dashboard is globalized but not localized to non-English language. Currently it is only supported for USEnglish Language only.