AutoPLANT administrators - HOW TO

Aaron et al;

I would like to see more information posted regarding the administrator's side of things. A how-to, if you would. Recovery of models, best method of project recovery from corruption, proper backup routines, custom report authoring, spec how-to, central vs. distributed projects, software requirements and best performing, best setup method.

I am currently racking my brain on the best method to move a project from one server to another. Perhaps you could help me out. I would like to keep all of the models in the same place. There are thousands of models, so moving them out of their position and reimporting them seems futile. Is there a method to move to a new server, the project paths only? This is a distributed project setup.

Thank you...

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  • Hello Mission,

    One thing I would like to point out is that we do have a blog post of some basic practices in AutoPLANT.  It goes over a varity of areas in AutoPLANT and I feel it might help answer some of your questions.  I will also point out that it isn't completed, we have had to put a hold on finishing it up for other reasons.  Because of this hold, the Maintenance section hasn't been posted yet.  But it still has a good bit of information that might help you in other areas. 

    http://communities.bentley.com/Communities/Other_Communities/Bentley_AutoPLANT/b/bentley_autoplant-blog/default.aspx

     

    One the Project moving, you mention the "Project paths only".  Are you referring to just the project database itself or all the project paths excluding the drawings?  There are multiple ways to move a project, the safest way would be to package the project using Project Packager.  The down side to using Packager is that it will package up all the models, which can take some time and if they are not moving, then it may not be the best option for you.  Please provide a bit more information on what exactly is needed for this move and what would be changing (server name, database instance, etc...).



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  • Hello Mission,

    One thing I would like to point out is that we do have a blog post of some basic practices in AutoPLANT.  It goes over a varity of areas in AutoPLANT and I feel it might help answer some of your questions.  I will also point out that it isn't completed, we have had to put a hold on finishing it up for other reasons.  Because of this hold, the Maintenance section hasn't been posted yet.  But it still has a good bit of information that might help you in other areas. 

    http://communities.bentley.com/Communities/Other_Communities/Bentley_AutoPLANT/b/bentley_autoplant-blog/default.aspx

     

    One the Project moving, you mention the "Project paths only".  Are you referring to just the project database itself or all the project paths excluding the drawings?  There are multiple ways to move a project, the safest way would be to package the project using Project Packager.  The down side to using Packager is that it will package up all the models, which can take some time and if they are not moving, then it may not be the best option for you.  Please provide a bit more information on what exactly is needed for this move and what would be changing (server name, database instance, etc...).



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