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Simulation CFD 2013 – Deployment Instructions

Up and Ready Workaround

The deployment procedure documented below does not work for many customers.

The Up and Ready team has a well documented solution provided on their blog.

Please follow their procedure first.  When this guideline is changed we will update this solution so that you know when you can implemented the normal deployment procedure.

Known Issue

Description: You attempt to create a deployment and it fails to create the deployment or install from the network share. One of the following error messages are displayed during the deployment creation: The copy functions cannot be used. The system cannot open the device or file specified.

Solution: These errors can occur when creating a deployment from a machine running Windows 7 x64 editions (Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium). To resolve this issue, create the deployment from a machine running Windows XP Professional x64 or Windows XP 32 bit editions (Professional or Home).

Prior to Creating Deployment Image

  • Text Editor > Edit:

    • 32-bit C:\Autodesk\Simulation_CFD_2013_MultiLingual_Win_32bit\Setup.ini
    64-bit C:\Autodesk\Simulation_CFD_2013_MultiLingual_Win_64bit\Setup.ini

  • Search for “#==================== Deployment Info“ (Line 59)
  • Remove “msi:” from EXTRA_FILES under Deployment Info

    • #==================== Deployment Info

    DEPLOYMENT_NAME=

    CLIENT_LOGGING=YES

    EXTRA_FILES=InventorFusion;*.exe:Setup:Content:
    eula:    msi:nlsdl:3rdParty\NET\4\wcu\dotNetFramework:
    setupres:%lang%

  • On the host machine create a shared folder to create the deployment in, like \\HOSTNAME\Deploy

    • Creating a Deployment Image on Host

  • Double click the Setup Executable for Simulation CFD
  • Click Create Deployment

  • Administrative Image:
    • Deployment configuration name. Specify an appropriate name in relation to the product so multiple Autodesk deployments can be managed.
    • Administrative image path. Specify a shared network location where you have Full Control permissions. Users (clients) will go to this path to install the programs.
    • Target platform. Select either 32-bit or 64-bit to match the operating system of the computers that will use the deployment.
    • Include only products required by this deployment configuration. If selected, the deployment cannot be modified in the future to include additional products. If unselected, the administrative image will include all possible products, and the deployment can be modified in the future in any way.

     

  • Installation Settings:
    • Silent mode runs the installation in background, without user input.
      Important In silent mode, the user's computer can restart automatically and without warning when the installation is complete.
    • A log file records installation data for each computer.
    • A network log file keeps a central record of installation data for all computers that run the deployment. It has the same name as your deployment, and must reside in a shared folder where users have Change permissions, so that their computers can write to the log file.

     

  • Click Next and Create…

    • Install Deployment on Client

    1. Open the shared network folder that contains the deployment on the client machine, for example: \\servername\Deploy
    2. In the shared folder, double-click on the Deployment shortcut, for example: SimCFD2013Deploy.ink

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    • Document Information

      Published date: 2012-Jun-11
      ID: TS18708462

       

      Applies to:
      Autodesk® Simulation CFD 2013