SOLIDWORKS PDM Tutorial - Upgrade Server

SOLIDWORKS PDM is a great tool for managing your files. Over time, you will want to upgrade you PDM to a later version. In this is tutorial we demonstrate how to update SOLIDWORKS PDM on the server and the client. We cover this topic from investigating the server operating system version and SQL version, backing up the existing vault pieces, downloading the software, doing the actual server upgrade, and finally doing the client upgrade. We go over the steps to upgrade and then demonstrate how to do the upgrade. This tutorial applies to both SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard and SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional. Products Mentioned: SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional Presenter: Jim Ward, PDM Technical Support Specialist at GoEngineer 00:00 Introduction 00:23 Steps to upgrade SOLIDWORKS PDM 03:57 Check operating systems and SQL server (listing) 04:57 Check requirements at SOLIDWORKS.com 06:38 Obtain the installation software 07:41 Upgrade SolidNetwork License Manager 09:06 Backup your database 11:21 Backup the archive server 12:50 Locate your vault archived files and back them up 14:20 Upgrade server software 16:32 Upgrade database 17:50 Update SOLIDWORKS and PDM on client computer 19:10 File Version Upgrade Tool discussion http://www.goengineer.com   / goengineer     / goengineer     / goengineer