FMS is a File Management System and provided as part of Teamcenter unified (TcUA). FMS downloads and Uploads files from the rich clients and thin clients configured with Teamcenter for life cycle visualization. It runs as service in the server (as FSC) and client machine (as FCC). Teamcenter Application and User interact with FMS framework through HTTP or HTTPS protocol.
FMS system retrieves the file from Volume as and when required by users. It transfer file across the network. There may be many Local cache server across different geographical location dedicated to the users of those locations. Single FMS system controls all these cache servers and provides service to users request to import/export files. FSC must installed on every volume or Cache server. In multiple FSC servers, we require one FSC server as a master for managing request and routing to different FSC servers.
Let’s suppose we have one Application and FMS server for Teamcenter at one location but users spread across the globe at four locations\countries. Now we can have four Local cache server at those countries to respective server users of those countries to provide fast upload and download experience.
Every replica of a file usually associates with a GUID. Whenever there is any modification in the data, this GUID gets change. Now when users request for a particular file, then FMS checks the file initially at its local cache. If it finds that the local cache has the latest GUID, then it opens the data from local cache else it went back to the FMS master and found the volume reference where the updated file resides with the latest GUID and open the data for the user.
FMS consists of two components: FSC and FCC.
1. User Request
2.PLM access check
3.Client cache check
4.Server Cache check
5.Volume serves the file
6.Server cache file streaming
7.Client cache processing
8.Application launch.
1.User Request
2.PLM access check
3.Upload request
4.Local client cache file
5.Server cache file
6.File captured to volume
7.Create file object
8.Reference the file object.
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I experienced the following error while opening a Assembly file (which was imported into teamcenter from standalone NX) in NX 12.
* An error occurred while downloading/uploading a file. Please check your FMS settings
when we check structure manager in PLM all this children/sub- Assy are properly avilable but only NX is not opening.
I am eagerly expecting the solution for the above error.