Container Properties
- Thomas Farley (Deactivated)
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Container properties are attributes that you can list and configure, using the Administrative Console or the VirtaMove command line.
Listing Container Properties
List container properties for a container at the command prompt using the command virtaprop and the path to the appliance.
For example:
c:\Program Files\VirtaMove>virtaprop c:\appliances\firefox_tether /pVirtaMove supports paths that are relative to the container folder. That is, VirtaMove supports:
".\scripts\StandardCOTF.xml"or the absolute full path:
"C:\appliance\containerName\scripts\StandardCOTF.xml"You can also specify only the file name of the COTF file if the file is in the scripts folder. For example:
Container Properties Description
The following table describes container properties that you can list and configure for an appliance.
The properties are case-sensitive.
container Property | Description | Read/Write |
CPROP_APPLIANCENAME | The name of the container. | Read-only |
CPROP_DESCRIPTION | The meaningful description of the container. | Write |
CPROP_BOOT_AUTODOCK | The container docks when the computer starts. The default is 'N'. | Write |
CPROP_DEFAULT_APP | The application that will start when the container is run. Containers can contain more than one application. By default, the first application that you create is assigned as the startup application. Use this property to change the startup application to another application, which can be inside or outside of the container. | Write |
CPROP_INTERCEPT_VER | The VirtaMove version that monitors the container properties and system intercepts to ensure the application runs smoothly, just as it would if normally installed directly into the underlying operating system. | Read-only |
CPROP_CREATOR_ID | Creator GUID. | Read-only |
CPROP_CREATOR_VER | Creator version. | Read-only |
CPROP_SRC_NODENAME | The computer name for the source machine. | Read-only |
CPROP_SRC_USER_NAME | The name of the user who created the container. | Read-only |
CPROP_SRC_USER_SID | The SID of the user who created the container. | Read-only |
CPROP_SRC_OSVER | The operating system version for the source machine. | Read-only |
CPROP_SRC_IPADDR | The IP address for the source machine. | Read-only |
CPROP_SRC_GATEWAY | Gateway for the source machine. | Read-only |
CPROP_SRC_DNS_SERVER | DNS server for the source machine. | Read-only |
CPROP_SRC_HW_ADDR | MAC address for the source machine. | Read-only |
CPROP_SRC_HW_SERIAL | Hardware serial number for the source machine. | Read-only |
CPROP_HW_SERIAL | Hardware serial number. | Read-only |
CPROP_SYNC_INTO_DISSOLVE | Sync a dissolved container. If set to Y, enables sync between source and destination machine. | Write |
CPROP_SRC_PROFILE | Source user profile. | Read-only |
CPROP_APPLIANCE_ READONLY | The container file set and registry set can or cannot be changed. The default is 'N'. | Write |
CPROP_XPLATFORM_SAFE | For containers created using VirtaMove version 5.2 or later only: If set to 'N', the container may be docked on the destination machine only if the container was created on a compatible operating system with the same version number. The container may be dissolved only if there is an exact match of operating systems. If set to 'Y', the container may be docked on the destination machine if the container was created on a later version of the operating system. The default is ’Y’. | Write |
CPROP_SHOW_SCRIPTS | Custom scripts show when run. | Write |
CPROP_COMPLUS_ENABLED | Indicates that a container has COM+ packages that need to be installed on the host. The default is ’Y’. | Write |
CPROP_USE_VSERVICES | This property is not currently supported by VirtaMove. Do not enable this property. | Write |
CPROP_USE_VSXS | If set to Y, enables pushing of side by side assemblies to the container context in the case of a like to like operating system, or installing side-by-side assemblies to the container context in the case of a later platform. The default is N. | Write |
CPROP_USE_TETHER | If set to Y, enables Tether for a container. | Write |
CPROP_CONFIG_FILE | The Config-on-the-fly file used for Dissolve and VirtaMove Application Migration. | Write |
CPROP_SRC_OSNAME | The name of the operating system on the source machine. | Read |
CPROP_TETHER_SYNC_MODE | Lets you set tether sync mode to NONE, UPDATE, or RESET. | Write |