11 Replies Latest reply on Jan 25, 2008 2:49 PM by Samuel Barnum

PDMWorks 64bit

Tim Casey Jan 3, 2008 8:13 PM

I will be performing an upgrade to my PDMWorks 2007. I currently have about 60 32bit installations and one 64bit workstation. I have never been able to get my 64bit client to work properly, actually not at all. My VAR told me I had to upgrade all of my workstations to 64bit clients and at that point I laughed to myself and left him out of the equation. Every time I try to run the 64bit client I get a version error. Does anyone have any 64bit experience that might be able to help?

PDMWorks 64bit

Wayne Tiffany Jan 3, 2008 8:18 PM (in response to Tim Casey)

The way I understand it is that you have to install the 64 bit version on the server, and then use the 64 bit version to install on all the clients. At the time of installation at each client, the appropriate version (32 or 64) will be installed from that package.

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Tim Casey Jan 3, 2008 8:28 PM (in response to Tim Casey)

Will the 64 bit version run on a 32 bit server? I know the 64 bit client will not run on a 32 bit machine.
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  Wayne Tiffany Jan 3, 2008 8:53 PM (in response to Tim Casey)
  
  Yes, but you have to use the same 64 bit software dvd to let it install the proper version.
  
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  Kenneth Barrentine Jan 4, 2008 8:18 PM (in response to Tim Casey)
  
  Will the 64 bit version run on a 32 bit server?
  
  very unusual for a 64 bit app to run on a 32 bit platform.
  
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    Joy Garon Jan 4, 2008 8:27 PM (in response to Kenneth Barrentine)
    
    Hi Kenneth -
    
    They don't. The 64 bit install puts the appropriate dlls in place (32bit and 64bit).
    On 64 bit clients it actually installs both because even though you may be running 64 bit SW on a 64 bit machine, mist likely the office application installed is 32-bit.
    The correct dll is used for the application being used.
    
    Joy
    
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      Kenneth Barrentine Jan 4, 2008 8:30 PM (in response to Joy Garon)
      
      hello joy,
      
      thanks for the clarification.
      
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        Lucas Dexter Jan 17, 2008 5:02 PM (in response to Kenneth Barrentine)
        
        Just an FYI about running x64 PDMWE: I am currently running x64 server with 80 x64 users (for SolidWorks) and the remaining seats are running x86 (approx. 300 other users). I have not seen any issues in terms of running both x64 and x86 installations (2007 SP3.1).
        
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Tim Casey Jan 4, 2008 12:03 PM (in response to Tim Casey)

I have scoured the documentation, but have found nothing that states this but I will give it a try and post my results back here. Thanks for the help.
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  Joy Garon Jan 4, 2008 12:07 PM (in response to Tim Casey)
  
  Wayne is correct. In 2007 there were two installs (one for 32-bit and one for 64).
  ...You have to install the 64 bit version on the server, and then use the 64 bit version to install on all the clients. At the time of installation at each client, the appropriate version (32 or 64) will be installed from that package....
  
  In 2008, these is only one install package so this will no longer be an issue.
  
  Regards,
  Joy
  
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    Tim Casey Jan 4, 2008 8:14 PM (in response to Joy Garon)
    
    Thanks for your post I will follow up with my results.
    
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Samuel Barnum Jan 25, 2008 2:49 PM (in response to Tim Casey)

Just an added note, We are running PDMWorks Workgroup on a 32bit server, we have a mix of 32bit and x64 clients, and all of them can access PDMWorks with no problem. x64 clients can't update from the server since there are no x64 files on the server
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