SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional Archive Server Configuration
Article by Joe Medeiros, CSWE updated December 29, 2015
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Once SOLIDWORKS PDM Server has been installed, you may be prompted to configure the Archive Server. The archive is where the vaulted files are physically stored.

Archive server configuration
After the initial welcome screen, you will be asked to identify which users and groups will be listed for access to the archived vaults. Additional users and groups can be added after the initial set up, using the Archive Server Configuration tool.

Windows login
Pick Finish when the setup has been completed

Completed dialog
You will be able to access the Archive Server Configuration tool, from Windows > Start > All Programs > SOLIDWORKS PDM, or by typing ‘Archive Server Configuration‘ in Windows search.

Launch archive config
This tool will list list all vaults in your archive.

Your vaults
In the Archive Server Configuration tool, you can Restart, Stop, and Start the Archive Server service.

Stop/Start
Create a new Archive root folder (new archive)

New root folder
Delete a vault or an Archive
Change the Default Settings for Login, Security and the Refresh Interval.

Change default settings
The Login tab is where the default login is set, as well as the Admin and SQL login.

Login tab/page
The Security tab allows you the set the security/permissions setting to an archive. This is the same window accessed during the initial set-up, mentioned earlier in this article.

Security tab/page
The Refresh Interval tab sets the rate which the listing of vaults is refreshed.

Refresh interval tab/page
By right-clicking on on a vault, part or all of a vault can be relocated to a different drive. Please refer to my article Spanning Archive over Multiple Drives using the SOLIDWORKS PDM Relocate Tool for instructions on how this is done.
Learn more about Archive Server
To learn more about SOLIDWORKS PDM Administration you should attend our training course live online or in a classroom near you.
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