couple of questions regarding how clients upgrade when a new admin image is created...
ok, so at this years SWW, i learned about creating a single named folder and copying the new admin image into it...
my question is - what does the end user see? does it just automatically update or is there an option to postpone it to a later time -
the reason i ask is that the updates can take 2 hours to install (normal?) and if someone needs to get something out quick, I don't want to hold them up for that long.
second question - in the admin guide - there's an option to "advertise" an update to the admin image - same question - what does the end user see? I'm guessing this would have to option for the user to go ahead and update or wait...but i'd want it to be pretty annoying so at some point they would have to do the update (and not be able to say "don't ask me again")
if anyone has any other suggestions as to how to best implement these updates - I'd love to hear...
thanks
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A SolidWorks Installation Manager window opens with a progress bar and it proceeds to do the install without any user approval or notification. There is a cancel button and it looks like it gives the user about 20 seconds before it begins the update. During the update the user can cancel the updates that haven't completed.
I have restricted the share permissions on the deployment share so only an admin can do the install, but you could use the same method to restrict when the update is available to a group or user.
Not sure about the advertising feature but as far as I know it will look at the share where it was installed from and if there is a newer release it will start the upgrade installation.