PDM Works vault transfer

[CanCad1]

I have a need to use PDM Works during my travel to Asia. The option of accessing the vault remotely is not a practical solution. Since I am the only one at the moment using/accessing the vault, my thought was to copy the vault on a portable drive or use my laptop drive so I can have full capabilities of vaulting features. Any feedback or comment regarding how to transfer from and to is greatly appreciated.

-SD

 

[SBaugh]

Copy the vault to your computer and reinstall PDMWorks server and point it to your new vault.

That's the only way I know how to do it.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

faq731-376

 

[CanCad1]

Do I repeat the same process to go from my computer to the data server when I come back from my trip? or is there anything else I should watch for so I don't lose the integrity of the database?

Thanks,
SD

 

[ctopher]

I would not copy the vault onto the laptop for travel. Copy only the files you think you will need. If your laptop were to get stolen, you would lose a copy of your vault to the thief. ALso, I hope you have files encrypted.

Chris
SolidWorks 07 3.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)

 

[Standing]

SD,
As administrator you will want to lock all users out of the data base while you are gone. If you are the only one using the vault this will not be a problem. Then if you do not make any changes to laptop data base you will not have to update your home base.
If you do make changes, I would think about keeping a list and checking them back into the vault once you got back. Just an idea.
Chris gave me an idea. Do you have LoJack installed on your laptop?


Bradley
SolidWorks Premim 2007 x64 SP3.1
PDM Works, Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Virtual memory 12577 MB, nVidia 3400

 

[CanCad1]

Data encryption, yes but LoJack would be too late. Pretty funny but serious guys --thanks!

I totally understand the issue of security and I will be the last person to hand this data over to anyone that easy and simple.

Do you see any issues or advantages copying the vault to an external drive opposed to directly copying to my laptop?

Thanks again for the feedabck!

-SD