My company uses GEOPAK V8i and has multiple office locations connected by local servers that cache project files and then connect to the main servers at our headquarters. Whenever a remote office collaborates with another office, typically headquarters, the .gpk file becomes read-only for everyone except the first person to activate the .gpk, until everyone closes out of their files. Then a new "first person" can gain write privileges to the .gpk but all others are still read-only. I thought the purpose of the .gpk was so that multiple users could all work on the same project at the same time. We do not have this problem when multiple users AT THE SAME LOCATION access the .gpk - it's only when two office locations access the .gpk. We recently switched from Microstation SS2 to SS3 and have had this problem on both. Has anyone else had this problem and found a solution?
The GPK should be multi read/write. This sounds like something is locking the file when the user opens it. Some file management software or network appliance.
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We're struggling to pinpoint what file management software or protocol might cause this. There should be a way to push updates to the .gpk if we can't access it was it was intended, right?
You can use input files to push stuff into a GPK as long as you are careful in the naming convention of points, chains and such.
There most likely is a file locking mechanism on the server side that is causing this or possibly a Antivirus software maybe. Is you IT group able to investigate on their end?
Projectwise allows this seamlessly.
I think we are going to set up an all-hands meeting to try to figure out the problem. Was hoping to find some specifics to present as a solution.
ok. check on your servers if you have opportunistic lock or similar options turned on.
also. check on the antivirus on the servers make sure the .gpk files are exempt from scanning...