How do I install Stata for Windows on a network drive?
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Installing Stata for Windows on a network drive |
| Author |
Hua Peng, StataCorp |
| Date |
July 2009; updated July 2011 |
Installation
You will need a network license before you can install Stata on a network
drive. Once you have your network license, you can install Stata directly
from the server itself, or, if you have the appropriate privileges, you can
install Stata onto a mapped drive.
The installation procedure is the same as it is on a stand-alone
workstation, except you select the appropriate drive. The default working
directory (where Stata will store files and where it will look for any files
it is asked to read) will default to the user’s documents directory on the
server you install Stata. You will need to override this with the shortcut
on the local machine.
Installing the right executable
The default executable type is 64-bit on a server with a 64-bit operating
system. If you have workstations running 32-bit operating systems, you must
install 32-bit executable on the server for those workstations to be able to
run Stata.
License initialization
Once Stata is installed, you will need to run it once to initialize the
license.
When you have done that, you can mount the Windows share on which you
installed Stata and run Stata from there. If the network share will be
mounted as the same drive from all workstations, it may be easiest to create
a shortcut to it.
Creating shortcuts on workstations
Let’s say you mount the share as the S: drive, and the Stata/SE
executable is at S:\Stata12\StataSE.exe. Right-click on the background to
bring up the menu, point to New, and then select Shortcut from the list.
Type the path into the box, or Browse to the executable. Enter Stata for the
name of the shortcut.
Once the shortcut has been created, right-click on it, and select Properties.
Change the Start in: field to a local drive to which users will have write
access. This is where Stata will attempt to store files. If the machine
will be used by more than one user, you will probably wish to use a local
directory to which all users can write or the user home directory specified
using the environment variables %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%.
Installing OpenMP DLLs on workstations
When accessing Stata/MP on the server from a workstation, you might receive
one of the following errors:
- The application failed to initialize properly. Click on OK to terminate the application.
- This application has failed to start because the application
configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix the
problem.
These errors happen because Stata/MP requires a system DLL that may not
exist on the workstation. In this case, you need to run one of the
vcredist_*.exe located in the installation DVD’s winmpdll/ directory on the
workstation you want to access Stata/MP.
Run vcredist_x86.exe if the Stata/MP on the server is StataMP.exe.
Run vcredist_x64.exe if the Stata/MP on the server is StataMP-64.exe.
License renewal or changes
There will be times when your license needs to be changed: sites with an
annual lease will need to renew the license, the student version will need
to be renewed, or the number of users may change. The procedure is the same
in all these circumstances.
You will be making changes in the directory in which Stata is installed, and
you will need the license and authorization information that is on your
License and Authorization sheet or in the email you received from StataCorp.
- Change to the directory in which Stata is installed.
- Right-click on the STATA.LIC file, and select Rename from the menu.
- Change the name of the file to STATA.LIC.OLD.
- Run Stata, which will prompt you for your license information and
re-create the STATA.LIC file.
- Once you have entered the license information, it is always a good idea
to run Stata as an unprivileged user to ensure that it runs correctly.
If Stata runs for the privileged user but does not run for the
unprivileged user, check the permissions on the STATA.LIC file.
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