Configure an SDx site for SDx Connector for AspenTech - HxGN SDx - v11 - Installation & Upgrade - Hexagon

HxGN SDx Connector for AspenTech Installation and Configuration

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  • You must refresh the Application Pools for your site after any configuration using Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager to avoid database connection errors. Use the following procedure to refresh the Application Pools:

    1. Go to Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, and expand the list at the top left corner of the Connections pane, as shown in the following image.

    2. Right-click the site that you want to refresh, and click Refresh.

  • If you have un-installed or removed any SDx Connectors from the system that the AspenTech connector is on, we recommend you update the site in Server Manager before configuring it for AspenTech. This ensures that any common files that were deleted from the system with the previous un-install are present for setting up the SDx Connector for AspenTech.

Use the following procedure to update the site:

  1. Go to HxGN SDx Server Manager, and right-click the site that you want to update.

  2. Click Tools > Recycle, and select All Application Pools.

  • To display the AspenTech icons in the Web Client, we recommend you manually copy the delivered icons from: [Installation drive]:\SDx Connectors\HxGN SDx Connector for AspenTech\Installation Materials\Configuration\Icons and add them to: [Installation drive]:\SDx Server Files\WebClient_Sites\<<Webclient Site name>>\content\images\object-types.

You can configure SDx Connector for AspenTech on an SDx site using the following steps:

  1. In SDx Server Manager, expand the SDx Sites node.

  2. On the selected site, right-click SDx Connector > Configure site.

  • Repeat steps 1 and 2, and then click SDx Connector > Update/Remove Site to update or remove a site which is already configured.

  • No manual configurations are required for client components. The delivered software installation is equipped to install all necessary client components.