Application Virtualization Compatibility Tab

AdminStudio 2023 | 25.0 | Application Manager

Application Catalog performs application virtualization compatibility testing to determine if a Windows Installer package is a suitable candidate for conversion to Microsoft App-V, Citrix XenApp, VMware ThinApp.

The Application Virtualization Compatibility section on the Supportability Risks tab of the Analyze Deployment Type View lists all of the individual errors, warnings, and informational messages that were generated when application virtualization compatibility testing was performed.

Application Virtualization Compatibility Tab / Analyze Deployment Type View

Note:The Application Virtualization Compatibility tests are always run any time that you run tests in Analyze. However, the selections you make on the Select Tests to Execute dialog box determine which virtual formats to display in test results.

The Application Virtualization Compatibility tab displays the following information:

Application Virtualization Compatibility Tab

Property

Description

Test Category

Identifies the test category as one of the following virtualization technologies:

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VMware ThinApp

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Microsoft App-V

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Citrix XenApp

When each test category is expanded, the tests in that category that generated errors or warnings are listed and explains why the error or warning was generated.

Icon

For each issue, one of the following icons is displayed:

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Informational

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Error

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Warning

The Application Virtualization Compatibility tab includes one additional status icon that is not used in the other test groups called the informational icon:

This icon identifies issues that require that Automated Application Converter will need to automatically repackage this Windows Installer package during the conversion process to a virtual package. Since these issues by themselves do not necessarily indicate a warning or error, they are considered “informational” issues.

For more information, see About Status Icons and Application Virtualization Compatibility Status: Analyze vs. Automated Application Converter.

For more detailed information on the issues generated in by Application Virtualization Compatibility tests, including information on how to resolve these issues, see Application Virtualization Compatibility Tests.