2011

determine compatibility with other applications and environment settings
that your company uses.
BenefitsTest Machine Settings
Provides an estimate of how long the mi-
gration can take. Gives insight into migra-
Similar CPU, memory, disk space
tion settings, such as time-out values to be
changed. Shows other configuration set-
tings that can require changes.
Test machines that need access to a vault
that is 2 GB or more also need a similar
Database
version of full Microsoft
®
SQL server in-
stalled.
Test for compatibility with various proxy
clients, firewalls, anti-virus programs, and
so on.
Other applications that are installed on the
production server
Compatibility testing.Operating System, Service Packs, firewalls,
and so on.
Check for compatibility with Windows
Domain policies, login scripts, permissions,
and other settings.
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Administration set-
tings
Migration
The Autodesk Vault server console can migrate a vault from Vault 2009 and
Vault 2010 to work with Autodesk Vault server 2011. If you currently have a
vault database earlier than release 2009, migrate it first to release 2009 and
then use the server console to migrate it to work with Autodesk Vault server
2010.
Before You Upgrade
When upgrading from a previous version of Autodesk Vault server 2010 or
2009:
1 Back up all existing Vaults and libraries.
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