The per-package file system container volumes store
changes that are made to packages made by users or system processes. These changes allow for users and the machine
to make setting and configuration changes to the base package, without
affecting it. These changes are stored
in several PKG files that are described below.
The files are individual for each package and stored in unique
directories that are created by combining the Package Root directory name where
the package was installed on the sequencer and the first portion of the package
GUID. An example for Microsoft Office 2007 where the Package
Root is OFF2K7.V1 and the package
GUID for office is 5C99B562-F61F-4009-AB16-B38E16093AE4
the resulting directory would be OFF2K7.V1-5C99B562-F61F-4009. Two directories for each package will be
created, one for the user’s profile and one for the machine at the following
locations:
Windows XP
·
Per-user at:
%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\SoftGrid Client
·
Per-machine at:
All Users\Documents\SoftGrid Client\AppFS Storage
Windows Vista
·
Per-user at:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\SoftGrid Client\ and
%userprofile%\AppData\Local\SoftGrid Client\
·
Per-machine at:
Public\Documents\SoftGrid Client\AppFS Storage
NOTE: Due to changes in profiles in Windows Vista a
third directory is created for the temporary version of the PKG file while the
application is in use.
The following description of the files describes how data
is populated into these files and will be covered in further detail in a
Package and Data Management section of this document.
User Location
The usrvol_sftfs_v1.pkg
file contains user-specific files that are modified or new files that are
created by any user process in the virtual environment. This volume also contains the virtual
environment configuration as modified by the user.
System Locations
UsrVol_sftfs_v1.pkg
contains new or modified user-specific data from a system process that is not
associated with a specific user context but is associated with a specific
package.
GlblVol_sftfs_v1_<SID>.pkgcontains
application-specific files that are modified by any user process in the virtual
environment. The SID of the user is
appended to the volume name to uniquely identify it.
GlblVol_sftfs_v1_S-1-5-20.pkg
contains any application-specific data that is modified by a system
process. The well-known SID for system
is appended to the volume. In SoftGrid
4.0 and 4.1, this volume was used for all modified application data; in 4.2 and
4.5 modifications are separated into those made by system processes such as the
Listener, and those made by user application processes. User modifications go instead to the
Application Data Isolation Volume. The
global package volume also contains the virtual environment configuration for
system processes.
