Installation workflows

System requirements

Workflow

Back up files as described below.
On Linux, install Linux and install the DKU, if necessary. Restore any configuration you saved.
Run the install for macOS, or for Linux.
License the application. In some cases this is done during the install. In others it is done at first run.
Configure the application.

Back up and restore a workstation setup

When installing a new version of a Flame Family application over an existing one, the installer respects existing configurations. However, if you wish to do a clean OS install, you can backup and restore the configuration files listed below. When backing up files, do not copy them, as this may not preserve file permissions. Instead, use sudo tar, for example:

sudo tar czvPpf backup.tgz /opt/Autodesk/{cfg,clip,project,sw/cfg,sw/swdb,user,archive,shared} /usr/autodesk/{presets,projects,templates,user/grading,GradeBin}

Backed up files should be restored after installing the operating system, and before you install the flame family application. A sample restore command:

sudo tar xzvPpf backup.tgz

/opt/Autodesk/archive/

/opt/Autodesk/cfg/

settings such as the network UUID.

/opt/Autodesk/clip/: clip metadata

/opt/Autodesk/project/: default location for projects

/opt/Autodesk/shared/

/opt/Autodesk/sw/cfg/

See the Stone and Wire dcoumentation for information about upgrading /opt/Autodesk/sw/cfg/sw_framestore_map.

/opt/Autodesk/sw/swdb/: Storage links database. As this is contains binary files, it can only be backed up after stopping Stone+Wire.

/opt/Autodesk/user/: users and settings

Additional files on Linux systems

/opt/Autodesk/fonts/: default location for fonts

/etc/X11/xorg.conf configures the X Window System

~/.kde: Do not migrate from Red Hat to CentOS.

/opt/Autodesk/presets/: Lustre only

/opt/Autodesk/projects: Lustre only

/opt/Autodesk/templates: Lustre only

/opt/Autodesk/user/grading: Lustre only

/opt/Autodesk/GradeBin: Lustre only

Also see Archiving.

Plugins and LUTs are by default in the home folder of the Lustre version and must be manually backed up.