Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue you might run into where expanding an App-V 4.6 SP1 package fails with an error saying “Failed to expand package to disk.”
=====
To successfully sequence a plug-in with the 4.6 SP1 Sequencer, the package for the primary application should be expanded to the local system drive. If the package (SFT, ICO, SPRJ, OSD, etc.) is on a local drive of the Sequencer, but not the C: drive, the expansion will fail.
Using TOOLS>Expand to Local System expands the package back to the original file structure on the Q: drive. When the package to be expanded is not on the C: drive, this error occurs:
"Failed to expand package to disk - check the sequencer log for error details. Revert the machine to clean state and retry."
This is a known issue in this 4.6 SP1 release.
Revert the Sequencer and copy the package to a folder on the C:\ drive before expanding. Expanding from a UNC path share will also work.
For the most current version of this article please see the following:
2513357 - Expanding an App-V 4.6 SP1 package fails with error: Failed to expand package to disk
J.C. Hornbeck | Knowledge Engineer | Management and Security Division
Get the latest System Center news on Facebook and Twitter:
App-V Team blog: http://blogs.technet.com/appv/ ConfigMgr Support Team blog: http://blogs.technet.com/configurationmgr/ DPM Team blog: http://blogs.technet.com/dpm/ MED-V Team blog: http://blogs.technet.com/medv/ Orchestrator Support Team blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/orchestrator/ Operations Manager Team blog: http://blogs.technet.com/momteam/ SCVMM Team blog: http://blogs.technet.com/scvmm Server App-V Team blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/serverappv Service Manager Team blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/servicemanager System Center Essentials Team blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/systemcenteressentials WSUS Support Team blog: http://blogs.technet.com/sus/
The Forefront Server Protection blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/fss/ The Forefront Endpoint Security blog : http://blogs.technet.com/b/clientsecurity/ The Forefront Identity Manager blog : http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ms-identity-support/ The Forefront TMG blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/isablog/ The Forefront UAG blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/edgeaccessblog/