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Table Of Contents
Contents
Maya Installation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 1 Quick Start to Maya Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Prepare to Install Maya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Quick Start: Install Maya on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Quick Start: Install Maya on Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Quick Start: Install Maya on Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2
Maya Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Stand-Alone Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Preparing for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing and Running the Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Network Administration and Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Preparing a Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
(Windows) Setting Up and Creating a Deployment . . . . . . . . 33
Distributing an Autodesk Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Use Scripts to Deploy the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Use Group Policies to Run a Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Distribute the Product Using Imaging Software . . . . . . . . . . 49
Install mental ray for Maya satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Overview of mental ray (satellite) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Slave machine installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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