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Loading Base Data — Best Practices
The following data load scenarios could exist:
When loading the database for the first time
When loading the database when additional PTC Windchill products are installed
This section describes how to manually load the base data for the first time if you opted not to allow the PTC Solution Installer to load it automatically:
1. Start Apache (HTTP) server.
2. Open a Windchill shell by executing one of the following commands from a command shell.
On UNIX/Linux
<WT_HOME>/bin/windchill --java=<JAVA_HOME>/bin/java shell
On Windows
<WT_HOME>\bin\windchill.exe --java=<JAVA_HOME>\bin\java.exe shell
3. Load Base Data of Windchill by executing one of the following commands from a Windchill shell.
On UNIX/Linux
windchill --javaargs=-Dwt.load.installer.serverManagerTimeout=300
wt.load.WindchillLoader -All -Unattended -AbortOnError -Locale=en
-User=<username> -Password=<password>
On Windows:
windchill.exe --javaargs=-Dwt.load.installer.serverManagerTimeout=300
wt.load.WindchillLoader -All -Unattended -AbortOnError -Locale=en
-User=<username> -Password=<password>