Issues with Profiles on a Server

Hi. We have a large number of AutoCAD users who start the AutoCAD icon which has a target set go to our server and load the appropriate profile. The problem is when the server goes down and a user tries to launch AutoCAD. Obviously it can't find the profile and the user loses all their menus. This is a real time consuming headache to reload everyone’s profile. Does anyone know of a way that we can still host the profiles out on our server but yet prevent problems when the server goes down? Is there a way the profile can be copied locally when the user launches AutoCAD? Thanks –Paul

 

Hi Paul

How about a simple batch file:

rem copy UserProfile.arg if exist...
if exist X:\User\UserProfile.arg copy X:\User\UserProfile.arg C:\UserArg
rem Lauch AutoCAD with local UserProfile.arg
start /d "C:\Program Files\Acad2005" acad.exe /P C:\UserArg\UserProfile.arg

Cheers

 

I've set up clients with multiple icons on the desktop. 1 points to profiles
and folders on the server and 1 points to a profile and folders locally. Of
course, if the project drawings are on the server and the server goes down,
then the project drawings are still inaccessible. I found that it was
substantially cheaper for a company to have a decent server system that
rarely if ever went down. It does take many "server downs" and the lost
productivity to pay for a cheap backup server.

 

Is there a way the profile can be copied locally when the user launches AutoCAD?<<
Not when the 'server' is down..
Maybe a VB program to replace the Acad Icon..
Ping server, if up, launch Acad with served profile..
If down, launch Acad with 'local' default profile..
Only other thing, if drawings are on server..you cannot
get there from here.

Bob