The Sharing settings allow you to share your PDQ Deploy packages and access shared packages from other administrators who belong to the same PDQ Deploy Enterprise license.
IMPORTANT: This feature is available only in Enterprise mode. Sharing is permitted only between multiple-user accounts with Enterprise Activation on an Enterprise license. For more information, see Enterprise Activation.
PDQ Deploy supports selective sharing so that administrators can enable sharing only on specific consoles in the enterprise. Within a shared console, the local administrator can also manage which folders or packages are shared.
If you choose to access other administrators’ shared packages, the shared packages display in the PDQ Deploy console tree in the Shared Databases folder.
NOTE: If you are using the Sharing feature, it is best practice to change the Copy Mode to Pull to avoid duplicate file copies. You must also set your Repository to a shared UNC path.
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To access the Sharing settings page, click File > Preferences (or press Ctrl+Comma) and select Sharing in the Preferences window.
Options |
Description |
Share My Packages |
Allows the current PDQ Deploy console to share packages with other administrators who belong to the same Enterprise license. When you enable this feature, all packages are shared by default. To disable sharing for an individual package or package folder, select the package or package folder in the tree, right-click, then select Item Sharing > Not Shared. PDQ Deploy creates a database of your shared packages at the Path designated below. The database provides a pointer for every shared package to the corresponding package file in your $(Repository). When an administrator on another console deploys one of your shared packages, his or her local copy of PDQ Deploy references your shared database to locate the package file in your $(Repository). It then deploys the package from your $(Repository) using the designated Copy Mode. |
Access Shared Packages |
Allows the current console to see and access shared packages with other administrators with Enterprise Activation who belong to the same Enterprise license. When you select this option, other administrators’ shared folders and packages display in your PDQ Deploy console tree under the Shared Databases folder. |
Path |
The UNC path to an accessible shared folder where PDQ Deploy stores your enterprise’s shared databases. IMPORTANT: Every PDQ Deploy console that is configured to share or access shared packages must use the same path. A database is automatically created at this path for each console configured to share packages. If you select Share My Packages, PDQ Deploy creates a database of your shared folders and packages at the designated path. If you select Access Shared Packages, PDQ Deploy accesses other shared packages at the designated path. The shared database filename is the name of the computer where the respective PDQ Deploy console is installed. You can optionally define a Title under which your shared packages display in other administrator consoles. |
Title |
The name under which your shared packages display in other administrator consoles. By default, PDQ Deploy uses the name of the computer where the PDQ Deploy console is installed. You may change this value; however, the actual database file name will always be <computername>.shared.db. This name displays in the Shared Databases folder in all PDQ Deploy consoles where Access Shared Packages is enabled. |
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