Pervasive Firewall Settings

How to add the Pervasive Database Manager and open necessary TCP ports in your Windows firewall to ensure Pervasive & Sage Pastel can communicate.

Adding the rules can assist in preventing errors & speed up your copy of Sage Pastel.

Click Search and type in Firewall
Select the option Windows Defender Firewall
On the left, select the option Advanced settings
On the left, select the option Inbound Rules
On the right, select the option New Rule…
Select the option Program and click Next >
Select ‘This program path:’ and put in the path %ProgramFiles% (x86)\Pervasive Software\PSQL\bin\w3dbsmgr.exe then click Next >
Select Allow the connection and click Next >
Select Domain, Private and Public and click Next >
Enter a Name: Pervasive Database Manager
Optionally enter a Description i.e. Access to Pervasive Program/Database, click Finish to save the rule
On the left, select the option Inbound Rules
On the right, select the option New Rule…
Select the option Port, click Next >
Select Specific local ports, Enter 1583, 3351, click Next >
Ensure Allow the connection is selected , click Next >
Select Domain, Private and Public and click Next >
Enter a Name: Pervasive Ports
Optionally enter a Description i.e. Access to Pervasive Ports, click Finish to save the rule
Repeat the above 2 steps for Outbound Rules