Data transfer from OS Level
Data transfer from OS Level
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I am working with a company that used to use I-Deas but has since moved everything to China. They made me a copy of the team directory with all it's files, but I am having a problem trying to reconnect them on my system. Can anybody help?





RE: Data transfer from OS Level
If the team directory is a standard config and intact then it should be possible to recreate the TDM using the existing Master config files.
When you reply, please include OS and software version.
RE: Data transfer from OS Level
RE: Data transfer from OS Level
Assuming that you do not currently have a working TDM with your installation, put the CD1 of the install CDs into your Server and run through the Install, if you don't select any additional modules then no new software should be insatlled and you should get to the TDM instal section. You should then have the option to select an existing Master config file (or something like that), you should then be able to select the original data and have it configured for use on the new machine.
I believe the Team area needs to be stored under the same root position as it was on the original machine, ie. if it came off of X:\Team then you will require an X Drive on the new machine.
Let me know how you get on, I don't remeber the exact sequence to do this but if you're still struggling I'll find my install CDs and see if I can remember a little more.
RE: Data transfer from OS Level
RE: Data transfer from OS Level
Help, Please.
RE: Data transfer from OS Level
RE: Data transfer from OS Level
RE: Data transfer from OS Level
Can you ask the new owners of the TDM to send you the imd file? generally they are not much more than a couple of Mb in size.
Without it I'm not aware of a way of manually re-configuring the TDM.
Just a couple of the obvious questions, are you installing the TDM on to the same OS as the original and at the same I-DEAS version?
RE: Data transfer from OS Level
RE: Data transfer from OS Level
1) Put them on a drive with the same letter as where they came from initially.
2) Use "dmadmin" program to do the importing.
a) Use "PROJ" to import the projects
b) Use "IM" for the importing command
c) Type in the full path of the file and the file (ie. T:\team\projects\z_Type-309_0016)
d) Accept the import by pressing "y"
This will import the file into your imd file.
Thanks for all the help that I received above, it did put me on the right path. Hope this can help someone else in the future so they don't have to go thru all this.