Files Tab

Updated: May 13, 2016

Applies To: System Center 2012 SP1 - Virtual Machine Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager, System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager

The Files tab displays the complete list of files that are included in a sequenced application package. The left pane displays in a standard file browse format the complete list of files in the package that was created during the application sequencing. These files include the package root directory (the directory you specified during the application installation phase), the Virtual File System (VFS) folder, and the virtual environment files. The right pane displays the file name, file attributes, and the Sequencer attributes.

File Name
The name of the file is in the left pane. The files displayed in the left pane are created during sequencing.

Short Name
This is the name of a file selected in the left pane, written in the 8.3 format naming convention.

File Size
The size of the file in bytes.

File Version
The version of the selected file.

Date Created
The date and time the selected file was created.

Date Modified
The date and time the selected file was last modified.

File ID
The file GUID.

The settings under Sequencer Attributes control how files are treated during upgrade operations on the computer where the application will be deployed.

In general, application binaries (for example, .dll and .exe files) are marked as Application Data by the Sequencer, and all other files are considered User Data. The Sequencer does not set the Override flag on any application files by default. Using the Sequencer controls described here, you can modify these default settings.

To understand how the Server App-V Agent uses these settings during package upgrades, consider the case where an application modifies a file at runtime, and the same file is modified during a package upgrade. When that upgraded package is deployed, the Server App-V Agent has to determine which version of the file to keep, the upgraded one or the one modified at runtime.

User Data
If selected, this file is marked as User Data. If it is changed at runtime, it will not be updated during upgrades unless the Override flag is also set.

Application Data
If selected, this file is marked as Application Data and will be replaced during upgrade regardless of whether it was modified at runtime.

Override
If selected, the Server App-V Agent will ignore the User/Application Data distinction and always replace this file with the upgraded version, even if it was modified at runtime.

If a file is not modified at runtime, it does not matter whether the file was marked as User or Application data. The Server App-V Agent will always choose the upgraded version.

Sequencer Console