PDMWorks - copying files from Vault to Vault?
PDMWorks - copying files from Vault to Vault?
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I've been working in a temporary Vault on my C:\ drive while running a pilot PDMW scheme. The time has come to install a permanent Vault on the server but I've got a couple of projects which need to be transferred over and don't want to screw up any file references or anything.
Any suggestions as to the best method to make the transition?
Thanks for any help
Simon
Any suggestions as to the best method to make the transition?
Thanks for any help
Simon






RE: PDMWorks - copying files from Vault to Vault?
Take your time and make sure everything is checked in.
If you are not sure about some of it, read help and do a search here...a lot of discussions about PDMW.
Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
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RE: PDMWorks - copying files from Vault to Vault?
If I check everything into the new vault won't all the revision information be lost? I could go through it all and bump revision of everything I guess, but it will take ages. Could I simply copy the project directory from Vault to Vault?
Cheers,
RE: PDMWorks - copying files from Vault to Vault?
Transfer the vault to the new place. Make a backup first. Then re-link PDMW to the new place.
Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
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RE: PDMWorks - copying files from Vault to Vault?
RE: PDMWorks - copying files from Vault to Vault?
RE: PDMWorks - copying files from Vault to Vault?
RE: PDMWorks - copying files from Vault to Vault?
RE: PDMWorks - copying files from Vault to Vault?
At the moment I'm happy to transfer the whole vault from my C:\ to the new one on the server, but I want to be sure what files to copy from Vault to Vault without breaking any associativity between files. If I copy the 'Vaultdata\projects' folder over will everything link in? I'll try this as soon as I can get PDMW installed on the server properly.
With reference to your latter posts, yes it may come in handy to transfer single projects over in future, though for now I'll settle getting the whole thing to work!
Cheers,
Simon
RE: PDMWorks - copying files from Vault to Vault?
1) Stopping the PDMWServer service on the server
2) Creating new projects in the new vault (from VaultAdmin) with exactly the same names and descriptions as those in the 'old' vault
3) copying manually each project from the old 'VaultData\projects' folder to the new 'VaultData\projects' folder.
4) restarting the PDMWserver service.
Thankfully we didn't have much in the vault to start with, but it would be a bit labourious if there were hundreds of projects and sub-projects to copy over....