Windchill File Server
Windchill File Server is a remote site for Windchill. You install File Server using the File Server Management utility and PTC Solution Installer (PSI). You also use the File Server Management utility for post-installation activities and for implementing File Server.
For more information about installing File Server, see
About the File Server Management Utility.
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Previously, Windchill File Server was referred to as the Windchill Content Cache Server. It was informally referred to as the lightweight replica server or the lightweight cache server.
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File Server Management enables you to install, configure, and maintain remote sites, including their vaults and folders.
The File Server Management utility provides the following functions:
• Access to Windchill through a user interface for installing a File Server
• The ability to install, register, and maintain a File Server
• Automatic creation of a site, vaults, root folders, and a folder under that root folder where the content resides
• Automatic creation of folders under a root folder if a folder becomes full
• The ability to set a File Server to read-only for downloads
• The ability to automatically detect an update of the master site and trigger the update of a File Server
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The automatic update functionality is limited to maintenance releases and patches.
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When a File Server is downloaded and installed from a master site which is already using a maintenance release (not a base release), the maintenance updates are not a part of the downloadable installers. In these cases, the registration of the File Server with the master site fails. To correct this, you can install and register a File Server, then install directly from a maintenance release.
For more information about updating a File Server, see the
Replication section of the
Windchill Installation and Configuration Guide.
