CDT-A Barry-Wehmiller Company offers you another set of useful tips & tricks on using PTC Windchill PLM. The above document is focussed on file server installation & configuration of Windchill PLM and will help you while you are in this process. CDT-A Barry-Wehmiller Company offers end-to-end advanced engineering and enterprise solutions for the engineering and manufacturing domains. CDT’s solutions enable companies like you to address business challenges posed by the rapidly changing landscape of product development, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and enterprise applications. As PTC’s “National Reseller” across the U.S. and Gold Level Partner, CDT offers the complete suite of PTC products that include Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Computer Aided Design (CAD), Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Service Lifecycle Management (SLM). CDT’s solutions also encompass PTC product training & certification, engineering services, expertise in enterprise applications that include ERP, CRM, EAM. CDT combines the powerful suite of PTC products and the expertise from 126 years of manufacturing from its parent, the $ 1.2 Bn Barry-Wehmiller Companies Inc. to offer “TOTAL SOLUTIONS” for your engineering and enterprise journey.

2. CDT TnT
PTC Windchill PLM – “Tips n Tricks” from CDT
File Server Installation and Configuration

3. Trick 1
 While installing a Replica Site, have you found that
PTC Solution Installer (PSI) doesn’t recognize
“Windchill 9.1/10.0 third Party Software” even after
downloading the installers from Site -> Utilities -> File
Server Administration -> File Server Management?
Here is how to overcome this!!!
 Download LDAP Server (Apache) and Servlet Engine
(Tomcat), unzip them and place
<apache>CD_CAPPSApache and
<tomcat>CD_CAPPSTomcat under a folder called
"Third Party Software"
 Now continue with PSI, it will recognize the
installers

4. Tip 1 – Remember!!!
After the successful installation of Replication
server, “please remember” to update the
service pack by copying the downloaded
CcsDsu.zip to
<WTHOME>codebaseCCSToolsupdate folder
and start Windchill on Replica Site. After
installation of the Service Pack, “do check” for
the Windchill Version on the Replica.

5. Trick 2
After creating a host and vault in the Site->Utilities->File Server Administration->Vault
configuration, do a restart of the MethodServer on Replica.
If it is trying to update itself again, wait for the "Complete" message to appear. If it is
getting stuck at “Complete” message, go for manual updating the file server, as shown
in the PTC guide.
If it still shows a message as in below red box, just restart MethodServer again.

6. Trick 2 – Continued…
After this, please ensure to verify that
contents from <CCSTools>update folder
moved to completedUpdate folder. Do a
broadcast to ensure if everything is fine
between Master and Replica. Follow the
Windchill Installation and Configuration
guide to continue with vault configuration
steps for the File Server.

7. Tip 2 – Remember!!!
Always keep the updated Security Key (master.pubkey) at the replica site,
even if you’ve downloaded one from Site->Utilities->File Server
Administration-> File Server Management.
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on “File Server Installation & Configuration”
useful?
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8. About Us
 CDT helps companies like yours address business challenges posed by
the rapidly changing landscape of product development, Product
Lifecycle Management (PLM), and enterprise applications
 CDT – A Barry-Wehmiller Company offers end-to-end advanced
engineering and enterprise solutions for the engineering and
manufacturing domains
 As “National Reseller” for PTC across the U.S. and a Platinum level
Value Added Reseller, CDT offers the complete suite of PTC products
spanning Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Computer Aided
Design (CAD), Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Supply Chain
Management (SCM), Service Lifecycle Management (SLM)
 CDT offers training on PTC products, PLM implementation &
engineering services, expertise in applications like ERP, CRM, EAM
 CDT combines the powerful suite of PTC products and the expertise
from 126 years of engineering from its parent, the $ 1.2 Bn Barry-
Wehmiller Companies Inc. to offer “TOTAL SOLUTIONS” for your
engineering and enterprise journey

9. Thank you
Corporate Headquarters
8020 Forsyth Blvd TJ Dial, President-CDT
St. Louis, MO (314) 369-2902
United States 63105 tj.dial@cdt-bw.com
Email: sales@cdt-bw.com ● Website: www.cdtplm.com