You should be aware of several things when installing Engineer’s Data ModelTM (EDM) Engineering Project Database Software R5000. These tips can make your life easier and will help get you started right away using this tool.
General Tips
- Wellcat is no longer an island, but is now part of EDM.
- SQL2005 replaces MSDE. This also aligns with the Drillworks suite, which has been using this for a while.
- If you have R2003 apps installed on your system, remember to uninstall LAM2003 and delete any traces of it from the Microsoft Windows registry. You should then install LAM2005 and also generate a corresponding R5000 license. If for some reason you plan to install R2003 and R5000 apps at the same time, there is no need to install LAM2003.
- Importing .XMLs from previous R2003 apps works fine. But the other way around is not recommended.
- You can use R5000 in a Microsoft Windows 7 environment from 5000.1.8.
Tips for Backing Up and Attaching Database Files for EDM R5000
Think about this scenario: You are heavy Wellplan user with a vast BHA and Fluids library and a number of customized workspaces and catalogs. Backing up all these data types could be painful, depending on how you do it. You could export individual .XMLs files for each type of item, but this takes time, and in my opinion, keeps most people off the safe practice of backing up files frequently.
Instead you can speed the process up dramatically. Go to the database folder (C:\Landmark\EDT_5000.1\EDM\Databases) and copy the .MDF and .LDF files. You could ZIP those if you want and put them away for when you actually need them. That’s when it gets interesting; here is a suggested sequence of steps to follow when trying to attach a database file for EDM R5000 using SQL 2005.
Before, you go any further, please remember to always work with copies – just in case something goes wrong, you will always have a way out.
- Using the SQL Server Management Studio Express 2005, eliminate the current database.
- From Microsoft Windows, add the SQL user with full rights on the database files. Use the original files as a reference.
- Copy the database files to the corresponding route.
- Attach the database files.
- Run a query to unlock the EDM user in the EDMDB database file, so you can start working.
Have a good time with R5000!
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