Software Deployment

Thanks for the replies.

VBScab.  The powerbuilder DLL comes from Infomaker which is currently being sequenced with Oracle as one package until I can make this work and separate them then use connection groups.  Interestingly I have packaged Infomaker on its own and it works fine, so I feel at this stage the Oracle aspect is at fault - but you might tell me different.  If I install these apps without trying to virtualise them, the Instant client and Infomaker work fine.

Vigneshwaran4264.  The version of Appv 5 I am using is 5.1. 

VBScab - Lucky my ego can take a bashing ;)  LOL - yes I am using VMs (what self respecting packager wouldn't be ;)  ).  I understand what you are saying about the separate packages and originally I did this.  I did mention I was new to AppV5 -  when I used a connection group I was getting errors.  Not knowing whether this was my lack of knowledge with connection groups, I thought I would initially package them together (thereby by- passing one potential point of failure - the connection group).

Obviously when I did package them together, I was still getting errors, hence my post.

As an aside, I can replicate this error without packaging.  If I install Infomaker and run the reports without Oracle being installed on a machine, I get the same error - therefore I am certain that oracle is the problem.

Yesterday I tried another application which uses oracle and was getting errors with that as well, so again I'm convinced that the issue is with my oracle sequencing (which I never experienced under appv 4.6).

Setting aside your feelings towards my packaging & troubleshooting ability -  I guess I should reiterate again - can someone confirm to me whether there is anything special, any gotchas, anything at all that I need to be aware of when sequencing either the Oracle Instant Client or the full client?

 

No apologies required VBScab - I've worked in IT long enough to have supported windows for workgroups 3.11 and had to carry the tcp/ip protocol on a floppy disk to install it along with the driver for a network card.  Unfortunately longevity in IT does not always mean common sense and ability  increase along with service.  I have broad shoulders ;)

I do mean "do get the error". To confirm, if I install infomaker on a PC (no virtualising) and do NOT install Oracle I get the same error I am experiencing within the package, which suggests to me that Oracle is not being "seen" within the bubble.

I have indeed used the illustrious Procmon (next to VM's its a packagers godsend)  prior to posting (I should perhaps have said, my bad).  As you can see from this screen shot, the path is not found, however on checking within the bubble, I can navigate to at least one instance of the DLL being in one of these locations.

Showing our age, maybe that's not such a good thing!  LAN Manager 1.1!!!  Don't suppose you started life as a computer operator as well did you? - good old IBM DOS/VSE.  It seems most "old IT dogs and dogettes" started life in Operations.

1.  Infomaker and Oracle installed natively - all works fine.

2.  Infomaker sequenced works fine on its own (aspects of infomaker do no require Oracle so it can be tested).

I haven't tried Infomaker sequenced with a local install of Oracle - so that's a good point.  Will try and get back to you.

I have a small batch script written which can test a connection to one of the Oracle databases.  I think I will sequence Oracle on its own with a shortcut to this script.  I should hopefully be able to test the Oracle aspect to see if it is actually connecting to any databases or if the issue is just when Infomaker is thrown into the mix. I don't think Infomaker is the culprit though, as I said before, I tried another application with Oracle and got DLL errors as well.

  AppV 4.6 never gave me this much hassle! 

Well give it time.  It seems to me everything is cyclical.  Mainframes were downsized and now the technology is basically back with the ESX server and VM.

4.6 - I liked it.  I have only completed 3 packages with AppV 5 (told you I was new to this version), so I can't comment on the success rate compared to 4.6.  Pretty much every issue I hit with AppV 4.6 I managed to resolve by myself or with some good googling activity (what did we do before the internet???  Our companies paid a lot more rent on extra space required by manuals!  The racks containing our main frame manuals were colossal.  It was art form just finding the error message you wanted to lookup).

Version of App V is 5.0.10107.0 which I believe is Appv5 sp3. 

I am assuming when you say advanced tab its this one:-  and there are 3 and I don't have any of them ticked.

There I was all hopeful - opened the package, ticked the boxes, made a fresh pot of tea, confident it was all going to work.

Unfortunately - same error.  I drank the pot of tea before another expletive left my lips (I think they call it shock).

Anyhow.  I'm going to separate the packages:  ensure Oracle is working (I have a batch script to test this).  Package Infomaker and get to grips with the connection group thing which I've not done yet.  This is the correct way to do this, I know that - so that's what I will do.

I Will report back - or maybe you should watch the news for the sudden death of an IT Packaging Engineer (I am only joking before anyone thinks I'm truly suicidal).