Introduction to default local volumes

Default local volumes are temporary local volumes that allow files to be stored locally before they are automatically transferred to the final destination volume. This functionality improves end-user file upload times from clients by uploading files to a temporary volume. Users can continue to work on their files from the temporary location. The system moves the files to their final destination according to administer-defined criteria. Files are accessible to FMS at all times. This behavior is also referred to as the store and forward of files. By default, store and forward functionality moves files from the local volume one at a time. If you prefer, you can move files in batch by using the store_and_forward Dispatcher translator. The purpose of temporary, local storage volumes is to provide upload capability to a volume that is local to remote users. This is useful in situations when an FMS volume does not exist on the LAN with the remote user. In these situations, the closer the initial volume is to the user uploading the file, the faster the upload. Note Default local volumes differ from default volumes in that default local volumes are temporary volumes. Default volumes are the final destination for Teamcenter files. When users upload a new file, the default local volume destination for the file is determined by the volume attributes of either the user or the user's group. The system determines the initial upload volume destination by working through the following values in order. The first value to have a valid volume is the destination volume. The default local volume defined for the user The default local volume defined for the group under which the user is currently logged on The default local volume defined for the user’s default group The default local volume defined for the parent group of: The default local volume defined for the group under which the user is currently logged on. The default local volume defined for the user’s default group, if the previous value is not set. Note The TC_Store_and_Forward preference must be set to enable store and forward functionality. If this preference is set, any of the users’ accessible volumes can be defined as the session local volume using the Local Volume field on the User Settings dialog box in the rich client. The session local volume setting overrides the default local volume setting. If there are no default local volumes defined for the previous values, then store and forward functionality is not used for the file. The normal upload volume location is used. The system determines the volume destination by working through the following values in order. The first value to have a valid volume is the destination volume. The default volume defined for the user The default volume defined for the group under which the user is currently logged on The default volume set for the parent group of the group under which the user is currently logged on Any volume to which the user has access Any volume to which a group the user belongs to has access