Autodesk Vault 2010 Update 2 for Autodesk Vault 2010, Autodesk Vault Workgroup 2010, Autodesk Vault Collaboration 2010, Autodesk Vault Professional 2010
August 31, 2010

Release Notes - Readme file
Autodesk, Inc.

In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released Autodesk Vault 2010 Update 2 (Client) and Autodesk Vault 2010 Update 2 (Server) for Autodesk Vault 2010, Autodesk Vault Workgroup 2010, Autodesk Vault Collaboration 2010, and Autodesk Vault Professional 2010 which fixes or addresses a variety of issues pertaining to those releases. This README file highlights how to install the Update, what has been fixed, and how to download the update.

NOTE: Throughout this Readme document references to Vault 2010 will apply to the Autodesk Vault 2010, Autodesk Vault Workgroup 2010, Autodesk Vault Collaboration 2010, Autodesk Vault Professional 2010

- DOWNLOAD LOCATION

- INSTALLATION

- SUMMARY OF ISSUES ADDRESSED

- LEGAL NOTICE

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#### DOWNLOAD LOCATION

Locate the Autodesk Vault 2010 Update 2 files at:

http://support.autodesk.com

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#### INSTALLATION

- All clients and servers need to be upgraded at the same time to the Autodesk Vault 2010 Update 2
- All future Vault 2010 hotfixes will depend on this Update being installed
- This update will install on Vault 2010 and Vault 2010 Update 1
- Depending on how your UAC is configured on Windows Vista or later operating systems, user may need to turn off User Access Control (UAC) to install the Update
- For Items users, after installing Update 2 on ADMS Server perform 'Item to File Link Migration' using the ItemFileLinkMigration utility (included in the download zip)

> WARNING: Failure to follow these instructions properly may result in unusable sites. This procedure applies to Single Site and Multi Site deployments.

> NOTE: Always ensure that a successful backup has been performed before applying any hotfix or update.

> Update 2 Installation – applied to every Autodesk Data Management Server (ADMS)

> 1. Open the ADMS Console
> 2. Make sure all databases are fully migrated to the latest version
>    1. Migrate all unmigrated databases and libraries before proceeding
> 3. Close the ADMS Console application
> 4. Restart the web service by typing 'iisreset' at the command prompt
> 5. Run AutodeskVault2010Update2(Server).msp on the ADMS server to install the update
>    1. DO NOT OPEN ADMS – DATABASE MIGRATION SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE FINAL STEP
> 6. Repeat the preceding steps for every ADMS server
>    1. DO NOT OPEN ADMS – DATABASE MIGRATION SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE FINAL STEP

> Database Update – applied ONCE from one Autodesk Data Management Server (ADMS) instance as specified

> 1. WARNING: DO NOT PROCEED until Update 2 has been successfully applied on ALL ADMS servers
> 2. Use one instance of the ADMS Console on
>    1. Single Site
>    2. Multi Site (file replication)
> 3. Restart the web service by typing 'iisreset' at the command prompt
> 4. Open the ADMS Console and perform the database migration

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#### SUMMARY OF ISSUES ADDRESSED

- Open from Vault client overwrites local modified copy
- Edit properties on multi-selection causes a crash
- Property write back to title block creates custom iProperties instead of updating titleblock
- Property set to "Not In Use" during a re-index.
- No response from Vault client while Assign Item operation is running
- Assembly linked to wrong sub assembly file version after a Move file operation
- Updating Items is slower after migrating from Vault 2009
- Cannot edit item properties on secondary links or standard component links
- Cannot update certain Items
- Updating Vault client grid is slow
- Migration failures and errors
- Always auto-assigning User Defined Properties to the Base category during migration
- Grid population is slow, searching is slow
- Error during basic search when searching file content
- File Grid Population is slow when a large number of files are in the folder

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#### LEGAL NOTICE

Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Vault, Autodesk Data Management Server, Autodesk Autoloader, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.

All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.