Article - CS261983
Windchill PDMLink: SolidWorks Publish Jobs fail because the SolidWorks Worker "Fails to start" on the MS Windows Server platforms
Modified: 06-Mar-2024
Applies To
- Windchill PDMLink 11.0 M010 to 12.0
- Creo View Adapters 3.1 M010 to 8.1
- Visualization Services (WVS)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012R2, Server 2016
- Microsoft Windows 10
Description
- When configuring a remote SOLIDWORKS worker started using the "GS Worker Daemon" service on the Windows Server 2012 R2 platform, the worker Fails to Start and all Publish Jobs will fail
- Are Windows Server operating systems supported for configuring cad worker for Solidworks
- Worker Status column indicates Fails to start in the Worker Agent Administration UI in Windchill PDMLink
- Error in logs\cadagent\<worker>\<worker>.log on the Windchill server (where <worker> is of the form <hostname/alias>_<workertype>#, e.g. workerhost_PROE1):
Opening port <port> on <workerhost> . . . java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
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