Grahame, What is being defined here is what I am asking about.
>By default, XSI_USERROOT is set to a local drive. However if individual users >often move between >machines or work >on several machines each, then you may want to set >XSI_USERROOT to a user >directory on the network, for >example: > >set XSI_USERROOT=\\server\users\%USERNAME% The question is relevant to a single user, not two different users. The above line seems to suggest that it is valid to have a user's profile(which inherits userroot) in a centralized server location shared across multiple machines. So the question gets back to is this safe? I guess the assumption is that if the single user closes Soft on one machine before going to the other it would be ok? But not if they have both open at the same time? -- Joey Ponthieux LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES) Mymic Technical Services NASA Langley Research Center 6 E. Taylor St. B1244 R216A MS254 Hampton, VA, 23681 Phone: 757-864-6754 EMail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.mymic.net __________________________________________________ Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not represent the opinions of NASA or any other party. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grahame Fuller Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 11:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: XSI_USERHOME and Workgroups I'd recommend against it. I haven't heard of anyone trying it but the docs are quite emphatic on that point: XSI_USERHOME The location of version-specific user files for Softimage. The default is a version-specific subfolder of the directory specified by XSI_USERROOT. XSI_USERROOT The user's home directory. This must be a unique location for each specific user. Softimage creates an /Autodesk/Softimage_2011_Subscription_Advantage_Pack folder in this directory for storing custom scripts, toolbars, preferences, presets, and other personal Softimage files in various subfolders. On Linux, XSI_USERROOT is set to the user's $HOME directory by default. On Windows XP and earlier systems, XSI_USERROOT is created by Softimage. The default value is: %SystemDrive%\users\%USERNAME% On Windows Vista, the default value is: %USERPROFILE% which is normally %SystemDrive%\users\%USERNAME% anyway. By default, XSI_USERROOT is set to a local drive. However if individual users often move between machines or work on several machines each, then you may want to set XSI_USERROOT to a user directory on the network, for example: set XSI_USERROOT=\\server\users\%USERNAME% Because multiple users cannot share the same user directory, make sure you include the current user name (%USERNAME%) in the variable definition. You also need to change the setenv.bat file on all applicable machines. Note that the shared drive on the server must have read and write permissions. Note: use a workgroup to share plug-ins and add-ons across multiple machines. Do not share a user's home directory for this purpose. gray From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 11:11 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: XSI_USERHOME and Workgroups Stephen, I realize that user profiles are intended to be centric to the user, but I think I would like to have my user profile propagated to other machines. If that's possible without being reckless. As for workgroups the .wkg looks interesting but I'm not really having any issues with the workgroup itself. The question really is can 2+ instances of Softimage, on 2+ separate machines, safely read and write to a single profile located on a central server for the intentional purpose of propagating a single user profile across multiple machines? -- Joey Ponthieux LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES) Mymic Technical Services NASA Langley Research Center __________________________________________________ Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not represent the opinions of NASA or any other party. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 4:06 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: XSI_USERHOME and Workgroups Hi User profiles are more per-user than a workgroup. For example, user preferences are stored in the user profile (defaults.xsipref). That's where your workgroups are listed. For example: data_management.workgroup_appl_path = C:\Users\SOLIDANGLE\Documents\Workgroups\sitoa-2.7.1-2013 XSI.exe updates the prefs on exit, so you may want to make the user location read-only if you are going to share one User location between multiple machines. For workgroups, you could use a .wkg file instead, and that can go either in the Factory Data location or the User Data location. On 07/03/2013 3:28 PM, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] wrote: I'm setting up multiple machines to run Softimage 2013 SP1. I've come to a question which I'm unsure how to address. I set my workgroup to a central location all systems point to a single workgroup. It dawned on me though that I still had a user profile which was now being replicated on multiple machines. That user profile set by set XSI_USERHOME=%XSI_USERROOT%\Autodesk\Softimage_2013_SP1 which is the install location. The thought occurred to me that I could also move the user profile to a central location and have all machines point to it. I realize that workgroups and user profiles are similar, but since I can't find a parameter in the setenv.bat that points to workgroups I have to assume that the workgroup is defined in the user profile. So the question is this. Is there any danger to pointing to a single user profile from multiple machines? Will simultaneously instances of Soft on different machines club settings in the centralized profile? I realize the point of Workgroups was to have a central single location that plugin and other resources could be propagated to multiple machines, but is that also the case with the user profile? Are there any experiences where this was discovered to be an issue? -- Joey Ponthieux LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES) Mymic Technical Services NASA Langley Research Center __________________________________________________ Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not represent the opinions of NASA or any other party.
