An administrative image allows configurable installations of SOLIDWORKS products from a single network location.
You can install the administrative image from any computer on the network,
including a client computer.
- The administrative image must be in a shared folder.
- If you include all products, the administrative image disk space
requirements can be 7GB or more.
- If you update the share name when you upgrade the administrative image,
the client upgrades automatically the next time the application is started. For details, see
Upgrading an Administrative Image.
- When deploying an administrative image, the path to the image must be
fewer than 58 characters.
- Clients must have administrative privileges on their computers. If a
client has insufficient privileges, a client can run an installation as a different user.
This option is useful when an individual user does not have local administrative
permissions on the machine, which is required to install SOLIDWORKS products.
See
Deploying Installations from the Option Editor.
It
also describes an alternate method for installing images, when a client has insufficient
privileges.
- If Windows logging is enabled or if you use the status functionality in
the Administrative Image Option Editor, you must have read/write permissions to this
folder: {Administrative image directory}\x64\Logs.
Once you have created an administrative image, the Administrative Image Option
Editor can manage installation option settings for users and groups installing from that
image. For details, see
Administrative Image Option Editor.