topic Re: Server_Prefs.xml in Windchill

Server_Prefs.xml

GregOlson — Wed, 02 May 2018 12:18:01 GMT

Having issues with downloading the server_prefs.xml file from the Visualization Configuration Administration UI. Does anyone know where on the server this file is located...I'll just go get it manually via Windows Explorer.Thanks,Greg

Re: Server_Prefs.xml

LoriSood — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 18:54:53 GMT

It looks like this data is vaulted. Each file associated with a WVSConfigurationTemplate object in the database and is stored as an ApplicationData object.

What happens when you try to manually download the file from the Visualization Configuration Administration?

Re: Server_Prefs.xml

Nitin — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 10:52:32 GMT

Yes, for sure this is vaulted.

I would check MS logs while trying to download the xml. In case the file is not present in the vaults or if there are some problems with vault configuration (not mounted, valid..), there will be error something like wt.fv.master - Error in doDirectDownload.

Hope this helps.

-Nitin

Re: Server_Prefs.xml

BineshKumar1 — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 04:54:32 GMT

The configuration templates are vaulted when you have usevaultsforallcontent set to true, if not it will be stream data. You can query the db using the below query to get the location of the configuration files. There were some issues with downloading server prefs when the preferred file server is set to a replication site in pre 10.1 M040 release.

select  
distinct wvc.CONFIGURATIONTYPE,ad.filename FILENAME, 
fvm.path ||'\'|| to_char(fi.uniquesequencenumber, '0000000000000x') LOCATION, 
round(ad.filesize/1024) FILESIZE
from 
applicationdata aD,
WVSCONFIGURATIONTEMPLATE wvc,
holdertocontent htc,
fvitem fi,
fvmount fvm,
Fvfolder ff,
fvvault fv
where
ad.ida3a5 = fi.ida2a2 AND
fi.ida3a4 = ff.ida2a2 AND
ff.ida3a5 = fv.ida2a2 AND
fvm.ida3a5 = ff.ida2a2 AND
htc.ida3b5 = ad.ida2a2 AND
htc.IDA3A5=wvc.IDA2A2;

Thank you,

Binesh Kumar

Barry Wehmiller

Re: Server_Prefs.xml

giulix — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:48:48 GMT

Lotsa thanks for that query, dude. I've been looking for the place where those files are stored for years.