SW2010SP3.0 & WorkgroupPDM 2009

[macduff]

Hello,
We're chomping at the bit here to get SW2010SP3.0 loaded on our workstations and was wondering if we can run it without updating our server, leaving it at 2009?

Thanks,

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2009 SP 4.1
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer

 

[Nella95]

I'm not sure about that specific version, but I-personally-ran into PDM Vault/SolidWorks compatibility issues - I found a work-around, but only because I didn't know better.

 

[fcsuper]

macduff,

I personally would avoid mixing versions. I just upgraded to SW2010 from SW2007. We tied the SW2010 upgrade to the Workgroup PDM upgrade and restarted the vault and network license on a new server.

Matt Lorono
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources & SolidWorks Legion

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solidworks & http://twitter.com/fcsuper

 

[macduff]

Is it that easy Matt?

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2009 SP 4.1
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer

 

[fcsuper]

With the use of admin images, it wasn't too bad, though more time consuming that it should've been.

Matt Lorono
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources & SolidWorks Legion

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solidworks & http://twitter.com/fcsuper

 

[NL8]

Heads up. You cannot update your clients to a new major release and not your vault.

When the vault is updated and you log in to a client (SolidWorks or SolidWorks Explorer), a message indicates the client is not compatible with the version in the vault if the client is not in the same major release of SolidWorks Workgroup PDM. (However, the service pack levels do not have to match. For example, you can run an SP3 version of the vault software with a client that has SP2 installed.) Follow the on-screen instructions to update the clients.

I can confirm two things. That this statement is true, the vault and client must be of the same major version. And that after three different major upgrades the worst headache you should have with the vault is needing a new viewer serial number if you use the PDM web viewer. In that case just write your VAR and request one for the upgraded server. They generally turn them around in a couple of hours.

Joe Hasik,
CSWP/SMTL/MTLS
SW 09 x64, SP 4.1
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

 

[macduff]

Thanks Matt and Joe.

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2009 SP 4.1
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer

 

[NL8]

Always glad to help a fellow PDMW admin.

Joe Hasik,
CSWP/SMTL/MTLS
SW 10 x64, SP 3.0
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600