Windows is really pants at remote admin on even small networks but there are
a few things you can do to make life easier:
Pstools, as Patrick says, are indispensable.
Remember the windows backdoor, \\remote\c$ and \\remote\admin$ for direct
access to file roots. You can dump executables into one of these locations
and execute using psexec
Perl is great for knocking together admin tools but it's a pain having to
install perl and all your libraries so get the Activesate dev kit and use
Perlapp to build executables. These will run anywhere without installing
perl.
I've used VNC in the past but the new windows remote desktop is way, way
faster.
For monitoring render slaves activity use the performance monitor. You can
add remote processors to the graph then save it's layout to your desktop for
quick access.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
> [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Patrick Boucher
> Sent: 01-November-2005 13:49
> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: Re: Installation XSI server option
>
> You don't really launch XSI from a server install. The name
> is a bit misleading if you ask me.
>
> A server install allows you to run the installation once,
> answering all the usual questions, and put a copy of the
> installation files along with a profile (the answer to the
> questions) to a centralized location.
>
> Once you've done this, you can run the installer from the
> centralized location along with a few command line switches
> to specify the profile to use and you've got an unattended
> installation. Couple this with a little system scripting and
> you can install XSI once (server install) and each client
> install becomes a single click on each computer.
>
> Bring psexec from Sysinternals (www.sysinternals.com), thanks
> Kim, and you can do all that from your own computer!
>
> It's not like launching a Linux application from a mounted
> drive but it eases the pain a bit of a large Windows deployment.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Patrick Boucher
> TD - Coder - Resident geek
> Buzz Image Group
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>
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>
>
> Stefan Andersson wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I'm just shooting out in the air here to see what other
> people do (who
> > mainly are windows based).
> > I haven't (to be honest ) tested the server install with XSI yet.
> > Mainly because I think it would use a lot of bandwidth when
> everyone
> > is also launching their application from a server install, or am I
> > wrong here? Before I've always been working with companys
> that had a
> > sysadmin or a TD that would know these things... well...
> moving back
> > to a small country this is no longer the case :) So I was wondering
> > what peoples thoughts are? At the moment I'm doing a local
> install on
> > 3 machines and 10 renderslaves, which can take some time.
> My guess is
> > that server install would make this easier, but is there anything
> > special to think about? will I have the same problem as having
> > workgroups on a server instead of localy?
> >
> > best regards
> > stefan andersson
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