Symantec™ Workspace Virtualization 7.5 SP1 HF3 and Symantec

Symantec™ Workspace
Virtualization 7.5 SP1 HF3
and Symantec™ Workspace
Streaming 7.5 SP1 HF3
Release Notes
Symantec™ Workspace Virtualization 7.5 SP1 HF3
and Symantec™ Workspace Streaming 7.5 SP1 HF3
Release Notes
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Workspace Virtualization
and Workspace Streaming
Release Notes
This document includes the following topics:
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About Workspace Virtualization and Workspace Streaming
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Supported platforms
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System requirements
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Installation and upgrade information
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Fixed Issues
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Documentation resources
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Additional information
About Workspace Virtualization and Workspace
Streaming
This document contains release information about the following Workspace
Virtualization and Workspace Streaming products:
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Symantec™ Workspace Virtualization 7.5 SP1 HF3 build number: 7.5.779
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Symantec™ Virtual Composer 7.5 SP1 HF3 build number: 7.5.0.779
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Symantec™ Workspace Streaming Server 7.5 SP1 HF3 build number: 7.5.0.779
Workspace Virtualization and Workspace Streaming Release Notes
Supported platforms
Supported platforms
Streaming endpoint operating systems
64-bit editions of the following operating systems:
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Windows Server 2012 R2
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Windows 8.1
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Windows 8
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Windows 7 and 7 SP1
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Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 when used as an endpoint
32-bit editions of the following operating systems:
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Windows 8.1
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Windows 8
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Windows 7 and 7 SP1
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Windows XP SP3 is recommended for English language versions and required
for non-English language versions of Windows XP
Windows XP is supported with the additional components of Windows Installer
3.1: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893803 and the Filter manager roll-up hotfix:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914882
Virtualization endpoint operating systems
64-bit editions of the following operating systems:
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Windows Server 2012 R2
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Windows 8.1
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Windows 8
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Windows 7 and 7 SP1
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Windows Server 2008 SP2
32-bit editions of the following operating systems:
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Windows 8.1
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Windows 8
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Windows 7 and 7 SP1
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Windows Server 2008 SP2
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Windows Server 2003 SP2
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Supported platforms
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Windows XP SP3 is recommended for English language versions and required
for non-English language versions of Windows XP
Windows XP is supported with the additional components of Windows Installer
3.1: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893803 and the Filter manager roll-up hotfix:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914882
Streaming Server operating systems
64-bit editions of the following operating systems:
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Windows Server 2012 R2
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Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
32-bit editions of the following:
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Windows Server 2008 SP2
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Windows Server 2003 R2
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Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later
Streaming Databases
Streaming supports the following databases:
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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express,
Microsoft SQL 2012
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Oracle 10g, 11g, RAC
Virtual Composer
64-bit versions of the following operating systems:
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Windows 8.1
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Windows 8
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Windows 7 and 7 SP1
32-bit versions of the following operating systems:
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Windows 8.1
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Windows 8
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Windows 7 and 7 SP1
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Windows XP SP3
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System requirements
System requirements
The following tables contain system requirements for the endpoints, Streaming
Server, and Virtual Composer:
Table 1-1
Endpoints
System component
Requirement
System Processor
Same as recommended by the operating system and installed applications.
System memory
Same as recommended by the operating system and installed applications.
Free disk space
50 MB of free disk space plus additional space as required by installed applications.
Table 1-2
Streaming Server
System component
Requirement
System Processor
Minimum 1 GHz of processor capability.
System memory
2-GB memory minimum.
Free disk space
2 GB of free disk space, plus three times the space that is required by the applications
to be uploaded on to the server.
Table 1-3
Virtual Composer
System component
Requirement
System Processor
Same as recommended by the operating system.
System memory
1-GB memory minimum. Additional as recommended by the applications you want to
package.
Free disk space
30 MB of free disk space, plus three times the size of the package.
Installation and upgrade information
Streaming, Virtualization, and Composer Installation instructions are included in
the User's and Administrator's guides.
The following table contains instructions to upgrade to this version:
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Installation and upgrade information
Table 1-4
Upgrade instructions
Product
Upgrade instructions
Workspace Streaming
Upgrade instructions for Workspace Streaming are available at the following link:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO95653
http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC7391
Virtual Composer
There is no upgrade path for Symantec Virtual Composer.
Uninstall the previous version before you install the new version. You must back up
any changes that are made to the installation folder - C:\Program
Files\Symantec\Symantec Virtual Composer. The backup includes changes
to the packager.ini file, sample scripts, and default templates. After you install the
new version, copy the back-up files to the installation folder.
Symantec Workspace Streaming installer supports upgrade from Symantec
Workspace Streaming server or client 7.5 or above version to 7.5 SP1 HF3. In this
process, the installer updates all the files except for the configuration files and the
customized files. You can also upgrade the database if any changes have been
made to the database schema. Due to the upgraded Jboss version, STE service
running in named account must be set again after the server upgrade.
Following are the supported upgrade paths:
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7.5 (7.5.0.493) to 7.5 SP1 HF3 (7.5.0.779)
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7.5 HF4 (7.5.0.548) to 7.5 SP1 HF3 (7.5.0.779)
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7.5 SP1 HF1 (7.5.0.760) to 7.5 SP1 HF3 (7.5.0.779)
Before the upgrade, ensure that you have taken a backup of all the configuration
files. To back up the files, you must copy the entire folder from the
%systemdrive%\symantec\workspace streaming\server to another location.
If you are using 6.x version then you cannot directly upgrade to the 7.5 SP1 HF3
version. In these scenarios, you must first upgrade your environment to the 7.5.0.493
version, and then upgrade to the 7.5 SP1 HF3 version. Backward compatibility
between 7.5 SP1 HF3 Parent STE and 7.5 Child STE is not supported. Therefore,
both the STEs must be in the 7.5 SP1 HF3 version for communication to work.
Backward compatibilities for FE components are supported between versions 7.5x
and 6.x.
Backward compatibility for STE and DA is supported only between 7.5x versions.
When you upgrade from Symantec Workspace Streaming 6.1 SP8 MP2, you must
configure the User Data Source to take advantage of the latest Active Directory
features. If you are performing this upgrade operation on a Windows 2003 R2
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Installation and upgrade information
Enterprise Edition, you must copy the disk1 folder on your local computer, and then
start the upgrade.
Note: If you have stored all the packages on your local computer, you can ignore
all the .xpa files, and copy the remaining files. In this way, you can reduce the
amount of data that needs to be copied.
After you upgrade the Streamlet Engine (STE) from 6.x to 7.5, ensure that you do
not reconfigure the user data source. If you want to reconfigure the user data source,
you must first back up the provision.xml file, and then reconfigure your UDS so
that you can take advantage of the latest Active Directory features such as
multi-domain, cyclic group, nested group provisions, auto discovery etc.
To reconfigure ADSI and retain your current provisions skip to Case 2 below. Case
1 is for SID-based provision.
Case 1: LoginRepositoryType=AD, LdapProvisionType=SID AdRootDomain
=SAMPLE.COM
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This is the default configuration for either newly installed SWS 7.5 SP1 HF3 or
for reconfiguring UDS after upgrade to SWS 7.5 SP1 HF3.
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New AD features and functionalities are supported.
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On an upgraded server, the existing provisions are lost after the UDS
reconfiguration, because the new provisions are based on SID instead of NAME.
Case 2: LoginRepositoryType=AD, LdapProvisionType=NAME
AdRootDomain=SAMPLE.COM
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New AD features and functionalities are supported.
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On an upgraded server, the existing provisions are lost after the UDS
reconfiguration, because in the provision.xml file, the value of the
LdapProvisionType is used as NAME; not SID.
You cannot upgrade SWS client in the terminal server mode. The SWS client
upgrade is completed through the silent mode only, in the terminal services
environment. The SWS agent upgrade fails if you initiate the upgrade process using
the Streaming Portal or the setup.exe file.
Before upgrading to the Parent STE in a Parent STE-Child STE setup, you must
complete the following procedure:
To upgrade the server when you have added a child STE in your network
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Launch the Streaming Console.
2
Remove the associated Child STE from the Parent STE using the Parent STE's
console.
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3
Upgrade the Parent STE and verify that the upgrade is successful.
4
Upgrade the Child STE, which was earlier removed from the Parent STE,
separately. Verify that the upgrade is successful.
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Add the child STE back to the Parent STE using the parent STE's console.
Note: The Parent STE-Child STE backward compatibility works only when both
STEs have the same build version installed.
Fixed Issues
This section lists the fixed issues for the following releases:
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Symantec Endpoint Virtualization 7.5 SP1 HF3
See “Fixed issues” on page 12.
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Symantec Endpoint Virtualization 7.5 SP1 HF2
See “Fixed issues” on page 13.
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Symantec Endpoint Virtualization 7.5 SP1 HF1
See “Fixed issues” on page 13.
Fixed issues
The following table lists the fixed issues in SEV 7.5 SP1 HF3:
Table 1-5
Fixed issues
Abstract of the Fixed Issue
Article ID
Apache HttpComponents (before revision 4.3.5/4.0.2) might be susceptible to a Man in the Middle CVE-2014-3577
attack.
Server group configuration auto recovery tab allows invalid character input of greater than 128
character.
N/A
The example format in Settings > General Settings > External Repository is incorrect.
N/A
In the Streaming Console there is no option to check all users or clear all users while adding
users to a local group.
N/A
A network user cannot log in the Streaming Console when User Data Source is configured to
use ADSI.
N/A
The virtualization driver incorrectly holds a lock while calling the file system and causes a deadlock. N/A
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Fixed Issues
Table 1-5
Fixed issues (continued)
Abstract of the Fixed Issue
Article ID
When Microsoft’s System Preparation Tool (Sysprep) is used, SWV is unable to update the new TECH215448
VolumeGUID in the registry.
The VZRock shortcut appears and disappears on the desktop in certain situations.
N/A
SVSCMD.exe enum -v prints out the full registry path to the layer.
N/A
When Dell Data Protection Encryption is used with SWV 7.5 and the layers are configured to
activate on system startup, the icons do not show up on the desktop.
N/A
Fixed issues
Following is the list of Fixed issues in SEV 7.5 SP1 HF2:
Table 1-6
Fixed issues
Abstract of the Fixed Issue
Article ID
On the Streamlets page, the initialize process fails so the Collect button remains disabled.
NA
The Streamlet Engine (STE) or standalone Data Access Component (DA) crashes intermittently NA
with memory dump referencing memory heap corruption.
FSLX driver encounters an error during initialization, which causes a system crash.
NA
FSLX driver causes a system crash due to buffer overrun.
NA
Slow performance due to duplicate handles on a list.
NA
Access Control Lists (ACLs) are incorrectly propagated to subdirectories.
NA
SLAM is not deactivating layers with running processes at logoff.
NA
Unable to stream any applications in Windows 8.1 if using a Microsoft account.
NA
Fixed issues
Following is the list of Fixed issues in SEV 7.5 SP1 HF1:
Table 1-7
Abstract of the Fixed Issue
Fixed issues
Article ID
Buffer passed to function [NtQuerySystemInformation] is too small on systems with a large NA
number of running processes.
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Documentation resources
Table 1-7
Fixed issues (continued)
Abstract of the Fixed Issue
Article ID
BSOD on adding an external drive to the Global Exclude list.
NA
Some applications are unable to write files into the User Account Control Data
Redirection directory whenever a layer is set for activate on system startup.
NA
Virtual IE7 for Windows7 created via LDF tool crashes at launch.
NA
Virtualized file apparently changes into a directory.
NA
AppData environment variable is resolved incorrectly.
NA
Documentation resources
Table 1-8
Product documentation
Document
Location
Symantec™ Workspace Virtualization 7.5 SP1 User's
Guide
http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC7392
Symantec™ Workspace Streaming 7.5 SP1 Installation
and Implementation Guide
http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC7391
Symantec™ Workspace Streaming 7.5 SP1 Administration http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC7205
Guide
Symantec™ Workspace Streaming 7.5 SP1 Server
Upgrade Quick Start Guide
http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO95653
Additional information
The following sections contain additional information about this release:
Workspace Streaming SDK
Symantec Workspace Streaming SDK is made up of several web services that are
accessed using Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). The interface is exposed
through a web services description language (WSDL) document. The WSDL
document provides details on the published methods and objects. Most programming
languages provide support for SOAP web services including C#, Visual Basic, C++,
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Java, Python, and others. Most languages provide the ability to automatically
generate proxy classes using the WSDL document.
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