ProjectWise 2004 Edition Requirements

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Subject: ProjectWise 2004 Edition Requirements
Product: ProjectWise 2004 Edition
 

ProjectWise Server Modules

  • ProjectWise Application Server
  • ProjectWise Web Server
  •  ProjectWise File Transfer Server
  • ProjectWise Connection Server
  • ProjectWise Distribution System Server
  • ProjectWise Automation Services Server

Minimum Suggested Server Specifications

  • Pentium® II Processor - 512Mb RAM1   (1Gb RAM or more recommended based upon number of clients)
  • Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Advanced Server (SP 4 or later)
    Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (SP 4 or later)
    Microsoft 2003 Server3
  • MDAC 2.8
    Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher (including WebFolder Support)
  • MDAC 2.8
    Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher (including WebFolder Support)
  • SELECTserver 8.2.0.7 or higher is required for licensing ProjectWise
  • CD-ROM Drive
  • 2GB of free hard disk space for installation of the software2
  • Windows networking configured for the TCP/IP protocol
  • Network Interface Card 

Additional Information
If Document Processor support for full text search, thumbnails and file properties is enabled on the ProjectWise Application Server, then it is recommended that the server have a minimum of 1Gb RAM. Multiple processors are also recommended if the Document Processors are configured to operate during peak user access.

Notes
1 Additional processors and memory are recommended if all ProjectWise server modules are to be installed on a single machine.
2 If you are planning on storing data/files on the same server that the software is installed on, it is recommended that you have free hard drive space in the amount of two times the quantity of data/files you wish to store.

3 ProjectWise Web Server(08.05.00.80) is NOT supported on Microsoft 2003 Server and Internet Information Server(IIS) 6.0. ProjectWise Web Server Select Update(08.05.01.26) IS supported on Microsoft 2003 Server and Internet Information Server(IIS) 6.0

ProjectWise server modules are not supported on the following operating systems:

  • Microsoft Windows XP
  • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows 3.1X
  • Microsoft Windows NT 3.5X
  • Microsoft Windows 95
  • Microsoft Windows 98
  • Microsoft Windows Me

ProjectWise Explorer Client Workstation

Minimum Suggested ProjectWise Explorer Specifications

  • Pentium Processor - 128Mb RAM
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP 1 or later)
    Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (SP 4 or later)
    Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (SP 4 or later)
    Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 (SP 6a or later) 1,2
    Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (SP 6a or later) 1,2
  • Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher (including WebFolder Support)
  • CD-ROM Drive
  • 75Mb of free hard disk space for installation of the software2
  • Windows networking configured for the TCP/IP protocol
  • Network Interface Hardware

Notes
1 Distribution System Administrator and Component Services Administrator clients are not supported on Windows NT.

2 128-bit encryption support must be enabled

3 Additional 500 megabytes of free hard disk space is recommended if check/copyout working directories are to be kept on the client computer.  Additional space required for installation of Bentley Redline.

ProjectWise Explorer software is not supported on the following operating systems:

  • Microsoft Windows 3.1X
  • Microsoft Windows NT 3.5X
  • Microsoft Windows 98
  • Microsoft Windows 95 Retail
  • Microsoft Windows Me

 ProjectWise Web Explorer Lite Client Workstation

Minimum Suggested ProjectWise Web Explorer Lite Client Specifications

  • Pentium Processor - 64Mb RAM
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP 1 or later)
    Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (SP 4 or later)
    Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (SP 4 or later)
    Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 (SP 6a or later)
    Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (SP 6a or later)
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 or Higher
    MSXML 3 or higher installed(included with Internet Explorer 6)
  • Windows networking configured for the TCP/IP protocol
  • Network Interface Hardware

Supported Databases for use with ProjectWise 2004 Edition

Supported Databases

Oracle®

Microsoft

Sybase®

8i (8.1.7)

9i(9.2.0.1)

10.1.0.3(for ProjectWise 8.5.1.26 and higher)

SQL Server 2000(SP 3 or later)

SQL Anywhere Studio 7.0.4 OEM

Database Drivers

Oracle

Microsoft

Sybase

Oracle ODBC Driver 8.01.07.00

Oracle ODBC Driver 9.02.00.06.5

*prior versions of the Oracle 9.02 ODBC driver have problems that are addressed in this version of the driver

Oracle ODBC Driver 10.1.0.3 (for ProjectWise 8.5.1.26 and higher)

ODBC Driver 2000.85.1022.00

Sybase SQL Anywhere ODBC Driver 7.0.4

 

Supported Internet Web Servers for ProjectWise 2004 Edition

Microsoft

Internet Information Server (IIS) v5.0 incl. with Windows 2000

Client/Server compatibility for existing users of ProjectWise 8.1.x

1.      ProjectWise 2004 Edition has been designed to allow for an easy and incremental upgrade for existing users of ProjectWise 8.1.x. To that end, existing ProjectWise 8.1.x Explorer clients will operate when connected to a ProjectWise 2004 Edition Application Server. 

2.       The following matrix describes the supported combination of Explorer clients and servers:

Version

PW 8.1.x App Server

PW 2004 App Server

PW 8.1.x Explorer

Supported

Supported

PW 2004 Explorer

Not Supported

Supported

3.       It is possible to incrementally upgrade ProjectWise Explorer clients to 2004 Edition and to have a mixture of ProjectWise 8.1.x and 2004 Edition Explorer clients connected to a PW 2004 Edition Application Server.

4.       It is NOT supported to have both ProjectWise 8.1 and 2004 Edition Explorer clients installed on the same computer. ProjectWise 8.1.x Explorer must be un-installed and replaced with ProjectWise 2004 Edition Explorer client.

5.       All server-based modules, including Application Server, Distributed File Servers, Web Server, Authentication Server, Distribution System and Component Services should be upgraded to 2004 Edition at the same time.

6.      All ProjectWise Administrator clients should also be upgraded to 2004 Edition at the same time as the server module upgrade.

Core Application Certification
ProjectWise 2004 Edition has been tested against the following applications:

Application

Version

MicroStation

08.05.x, 08.01.x, 07.01.04.x

Bentley PowerDraft

08.05.x, 08.01.x, 07.01.04.x

Bentley Redline

08.05.x

Bentley Publisher

08.05.x

Digital InterPlot and InterPlot Client

08.05.x, 08.01.00.25

AutoCAD

*2006,2005,2004,2002,2000i,2000

Microsoft Office

2003, XP, 2000(SP3), 97

 *Support for AutoCAD 2006 requires ProjectWise 2004 Edition v08.05.01.52 or higher.

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