https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/index.cfm?forumid=3 FuseTalk Enterprise Edition https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=15&threadid=14713 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:14:41 EST craig morroni 1
Our vault is approximately 45 gigs and we are trying to move it off of our Windows 2003 Domain Controller to a high powered XP SP3 box using the same Network that we have used for at least 5-10 years. The two machines are connected on the same subnet and all of the three components are rated at 1000 mb (i.e. the Server Network Card, the XP Network Card and the gig switch connected directly to the two machines in an adjacent room).

What we are finding is that certain SW parts that can be opened on the Vault located on the Windows 2003 Server open as they always have for the past 4 years. However after getting the vault moved to the XP box, we find that some parts open fine, other SW indicates a "file error".

At first we thought the problem was with SW because we stumbled upon one assembly that consistently gave us trouble when we went to open it within SW. We finally got SW to assist us through a web ex session. After a bunch of research, they determined with a file comparison utility that even though the two vault files were the same physical size, using a byte comparison program they provided showed the two files were not the same. Windows did not provide any error messages that there was a problem with the copy of the vault.

A general search (not specific to SW) on the internet seems to indicate people do have issues some times when moving large files across a network. We also found instances where people have had the similar issues in general when trying to eliminate the network by using say a USB drive as the transport mechanism.

Unfortunately this is all "news" to us.

In trying to come up with a solution that not only works but also provides "confidence" that the vault is pure, do you think any of these approaches are valid in our attempt to move a 45 gig file from one machine to the other:

* Use FTP in command line mode instead of the standard Windows Copy Command across the network.
* Use FTP in windows mode instead of the standard Windows Copy Command across the network.
* Use Windows Backup to save the file across the network to the new machine and then restore using Windows backup on the new machine.
* Use Acronis Disk Imaging software to save an image across the network using Acronis Server and then restore the image using Acronis Workstation.
* Use a Tape backup product on the Server and then restore on the XP Box.

What we don't know is if the Windows backup and/or the Tape backup interfaces are using the same techniques as a Windows "copy" or not.

If none of these approaches are sound, are there any approaches that "work". ]]> https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=15&threadid=14677 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:56:06 EST feroz mahomed 2
Is it possible to bulk move projects from one parent to another.I am currently moving one project at a time via the Vault admin.

]]> https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=15&threadid=14669 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:46:02 EST basam rafou 4
Life cycle: Preliminary, Released, Obsolete

Drawing revision for preliminary are: P001, P002 ...

Drawing revision for Released drawing is: A, B ...Z

I am not able to figure out how to set PDM life cycle and revision scheme to work similar to the system we are currently using.

Is there a way around it to make it work? Or I am forced to change the way we are doing for long time.

note: i am using PDMWORKGROUP 2008 SP4.0

I appreciate your help

]]> https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=15&threadid=14646 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:31:02 EST adrian velazquez 2 https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=15&threadid=14606 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:47:38 EST delbert faden 3 https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=15&threadid=14597 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:58:55 EST Michael DeGrace 1
When trying to Open/Checkout a document from our vault we have been noticing that the once the open dialog box is up, that the "Open/Checkout" button is greyed out and not selectable. If I "uncheck" the assembly then "re-check" under options the "open/Checkout" button then becomes selectable. Also the children of the assembly are no longer shown. Why is this occuring? (See Attachment)

My other discovery has been that the "Revision" column now shows the revision letter/number and (archived). What does this mean? I do not believe that anyone of our admins went through any archiving procedures. Although I was told that our IT dept was doing some MS updates on the server, and adding some additional virtual servers.

We noticed this happening last week. We then realized that one of our users had a newer version of the PDMworks workgroup client then what the PDMserver was. So we went through and upgraded the service pack on the PDMserver then also upgraded all the clients to the same. Once the service was restarted and the vault was rebuilt, the issue seemed to have disappeared. Now Tuesday morning, first day back from the weekend and the same issues are back. Could not having the vault "validated" on rebuild possibly cause these kinds of issues?

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

]]> https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=15&threadid=14537 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:31:50 EST Jason Corl 4
Thanks,

Jason ]]> https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=15&threadid=14534 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:21:04 EST Michael Brainard 1
info:
SW 2008 X64 SP 4.0
Windows XP Professional x64 V2003 SP 2
Dell Precision T7400
Intel Xeon
E5430 @ 2.66ghz
8gb ram
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

50% of the time, any type of access to the vault results in a crash of SW. Checking in, checking out, loging in or out of the vault makes SW go POOF. Often no error message.

Ideas? ]]> https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=15&threadid=14484 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:02:43 EST Brian Hoerner 5 https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=15&threadid=14464 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:39:21 EST Ryan Bennett 3