Windchill System Administrator's Guide

1. WTPart, all-states,collab-domain > Vault_on_site1
2. WTPart, complete,collab-domain > Vault_on_site2
These rules allow the engineers to get the content for all life cycle states of the
part, while the sales personnel see the content only after the part is complete.
Windchill domains can be created in a hierarchical fashion, with some domains
being children of other domains. It is important to note that a domain does not
inherit the replication rules of its parent domain. Replication rules must be
explicitly defined at each level of a domain hierarchy.
Content Replication can be scheduled by creating a schedule item for a replica
vault. A schedule item describes an operation, for example, "Replicate to vault A
at 4:00 PM." Each schedule item is independent, so one needs to be created for
each replica vault. By creating a schedule item, you can assure that
synchronization occurs on a regular basis. Schedule items are independent of each
other. For example, you can force a replication to happen sooner than it was
originally scheduled to happen by creating a schedule item on the vault in
question in the immediate-once mode. Schedule items are maintained on the
master site.
The Windchill master contains information about the files that exist on the replica
site, and no replication occurs unless content is missing and needs to be replicated.
Each Windchill user can specify a preferred site from which to attempt
downloading of replicated data. If the data requested does not exist at the
preferred site, the data is downloaded from the master site where it resides in an
Oracle database or an external vault. If data is not available at a replica site, it is
because the rules controlling content for the vault do not include the data or the
data has not yet been replicated to the replica site.
Content Replication is ready to run as soon as you have set up a master site,
entered the necessary configuration information for the replica site, exported the
public key of the master site to a file, and copied the file to the replica site.
The major topics explained in Windchill Content Replication documentation are
the following:
• Setting up the sites -- Setting up master and replica sites and creating and
placing key files are the first tasks.
• Editing the wt.properties file -- The properties control the behavior of the
master site and replica site.
• Creating hosts, vaults, and folders -- In the second stage of setting up the
system you define hosts, vaults, and folders.
• Mounting Folders -- Mounting folders makes them available for replication.
• Final Site Setup Activities -- Several small configuration tasks are required to
make the sites completely usable.
Administering Content Replication 4-3