DriveWorks Pro 22

Prerequisites

Hardware

Operating Systems

Operating System Components

Databases

¹ Microsoft^® SQL Server^® Compact Edition is only required when converting Individual Groups, created in versions prior to DriveWorks 19, to SQLite.

To manually download SQL Server^® Compact Edition (for example when an Individual Group requires converting from DriveWorks 18 to DriveWorks 21) please see Info: Third Party Software Information And Downloads.

² Microsoft has ended mainstream support for SQL Server 2014 (all versions).

A DriveWorks fix that is dependent on a Microsoft Windows fix cannot be provided unless the machine that DriveWorks is installed on is covered by a Microsoft extended support contract.

Please see Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Lifecycle for more information.

Cloud Services

Cloud Service		Notes
	Microsoft Azure	All DriveWorks modules are supported to run on Microsoft Azure Virtual machines with a Windows Server operating system listed above. DriveWorks Shared Groups are supported to run on Microsoft Azure SQL Database. For more information on working with Microsoft Azure please see How To: Microsoft Azure.

Virtualization and Remote Desktop

DriveWorks products are supported on virtual and remote environments as long as the guest operating system meets the requirements set out above.

Also when utilizing the SOLIDWORKS capabilities of DriveWorks (for example Capture and Model Generation), please check SOLIDWORKS Support for Virtual Environments.

The link can be found under the heading SOLIDWORKS System Requirements in the topic Info: Third Party Information And Downloads.

Licensing on a Virtual Machine (VM)

License information is held in Trusted Storage.

Trusted storage is a secure location that is locked to the machine on which it is located using a combination of machine identities.

A license can become untrusted for a number of reasons, the more common of which are:

• When a machine has been restored from a backup
• When a machine has had key hardware components added or replaced
• When the MAC address of a machine changes (can occur on VM's that do not have a static MAC address assigned)
• When Windows updates have affected trusted storage

When a DriveWorks License is held on a VM (either from a Fixed license being activated on the VM or when the VM is the Network License Server) the potential for a license to become untrusted can be minimized by:

• Returning the license before creating a restore point and reactivating once restored.
• Ensuring the VM has a static MAC address assigned.
• Returning the license before installing Windows updates and reactivating once installed.