Enterprise PDM uses a broadcast method to
list available archive servers on the network. The broadcast is sent from a dynamic port on the client to the default port 3030 on the server system. By default, Windows firewall
allows only three seconds to return the broadcast result
from the server to the dynamic client port. After that, the
broadcast reply is stopped by the firewall.
If you run Enterprise PDM on a Vista workstation on which Windows firewall is active and
broadcast is not enabled, archive servers are not
listed when you use View Setup to create a vault view or when you attach to an archive server from the Administration tool.
To broadcast successfully on a Vista client when Windows firewall is active,
add the applications that request the broadcast to the
firewall exception list:
- View Setup Wizard
(ViewSetup.exe)
- Administration tool (ConisioAdmin.exe)
This Microsoft Knowledge Base article
describes the issue in detail: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=885345.
To enable broadcast on Windows Vista:
-
From Windows Start, click .
- In the Windows Security
Center, under Manage
security settings for, select Windows Firewall.
- In the Windows
Firewall dialog box, on the Exceptions tab, click Add Program.
- Click Browse, then locate ViewSetup.exe (by
default in \Program Files\SolidWorks Enterprise PDM). Click Open.
- Repeat step 4 to add ConisioAdmin.exe, listed under Programs as Administration.
- Click OK twice, then close
the Windows Security Center.