Autodesk Vault 2013 Service Pack 1 for Autodesk Vault 2013, Autodesk Vault Workgroup 2013, Autodesk Vault Collaboration 2013, Autodesk Vault Professional 2013
December, 2012

Release Notes - Readme file
Autodesk, Inc.

In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released Autodesk Vault 2013 Service Pack 1 (Client) and Autodesk Vault 2013 Service Pack 1 (Server) for Autodesk Vault 2013, Autodesk Vault Workgroup 2013, Autodesk Vault Collaboration 2013, and Autodesk Vault Professional 2013 which fixes or addresses a variety of issues pertaining to those releases. This README file highlights how to install the Service Pack, what has been fixed, and how to download the Service Pack.

NOTE: Throughout this Readme document references to Vault 2013 will apply to Autodesk Vault 2013, Autodesk Vault Workgroup 2013, Autodesk Vault Collaboration 2013, Autodesk Vault Professional 2013.


DOWNLOAD LOCATION

        Locate the Autodesk Vault 2013 Service Pack 1 file at:  Autodesk Vault Services & Support

INSTALLATION

·         All clients and servers should be upgraded at the same time to the Autodesk Vault 2013 Service Pack 1

·         All future Vault 2013 hotfixes will depend on this Service Pack being installed

·         Depending on how your UAC is configured on Windows Vista or later operating systems, users may need to turn off User Access Control (UAC) to install the Service Pack

·         The service pack install may take longer than expected in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2. To avoid that install the following Microsoft Hotfix:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2663352/en-us

For other Operating systems ensure Windows Update is up to date.

 

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

 

NOTE: Always ensure that a successful backup has been performed before applying this Service Pack.

Client Service Pack 1 Installation- applicable to every Autodesk Vault Client 2013

1.       Run "Autodesk Vault 2013 Service Pack 1 (Client).msp" on the Vault Explorer client to install the Service Pack.

Server Service Pack 1 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.

·         Migrate all unmigrated databases and libraries before proceeding.

·         It may be necessary to detach an unmigrated database if the Service Pack addresses a migration problem.

3.       Close the ADMS Console application.

4.       Restart the web service by typing 'iisreset' at the command prompt.

5.       Run “Autodesk Vault 2013 Service Pack 1(Server).msp” on the ADMS server to install the Service Pack.

·         DO NOT OPEN ADMS – DATABASE MIGRATION SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL INSTRUCTED BELOW.

6.       Repeat the preceding steps for every ADMS server.

·         DO NOT OPEN ADMS – DATABASE MIGRATION SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL INSTRUCTED BELOW.

 

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

 

WARNING: DO NOT PROCEED until Service Pack 1 has been successfully applied on ALL ADMS servers.

 

1.       Single Site, use your only ADMS Console.

2.       Multi-Site (file replication), use any of the ADMS consoles.

3.       Connected Workgroup (file and SQL replication) use one of the ADMS Consoles on the Publisher Workgroup.

 

a.       Restart the web service by typing 'iisreset' at the command prompt.

b.      Open the ADMS Console and perform the database migration.

c.       If necessary, attach any previously detached databases and allow the migration to complete.

 

NOTE: There are times that the SQL snapshot agent will not handle generating the initial snapshot.  Restart the SQL snapshot agent to resolve that.

SUMMARY OF ISSUES ADDRESSED

Following is an overview of what is being addressed by this Service Pack for Purge related issues:

 

·         Enable Purge: Purge functionality is currently disabled and it will be enabled by this Service Pack, however, upon installation of the Service Pack, Purge will remain disabled on existing vaults, with an option for the administrator to enable it.  Before enabling Purge on existing vaults, it is strongly recommended to run Autodesk Reference Repair Utility on those vaults and repair any references that are identified by the utility as missing from specific parent file versions.  For more information on how to enable Purge and how to use Autodesk Reference Repair Utility (installed by this Service Pack), please refer to Help on Vault Wiki.

 

·         Repair References: As part of migration after the installation of the Service Pack, references that can be repaired by the migration process will be repaired.  There may still be references that cannot be repaired during migration; it is strongly recommended to run Autodesk Reference Repair Utility and repair any references that are identified by the utility as missing from specific parent file versions.  For more information on Autodesk Reference Repair Utility (installed by this Service Pack), please refer to Help on Vault Wiki.

 

Note 1: Inventor (or Apprentice Server) must be present on the machine where Reference Repair Utility run in order to process Inventor files.

   For a successful scan by the Reference Repair Utility, please ensure the following:

a.       Version (Release) of Inventor (or Apprentice Server) installed on the machine is of same or higher than the version of Inventor with which the files to be scanned are created.

b.      The last run version of Inventor (or Apprentice Server) installed on the machine is of same or higher than the version of Inventor with which the files to be scanned are created.

c.       Apprentice Server must be run at least once prior to processing Inventor files using the Reference Repair Utility.  For that, please run the corresponding application (such as Inventor / Inventor View) once.  Otherwise, you may see a message about invalid path to Inventor project file.

Note 2: CAD files with reference repaired manually may require Check Out and Check In before Assign/Update Item.

 

Revit Add-in Known issue and workaround:

 

Precondition: System has Revit 2013, Revit Architecture 2013, Revit MEP 2013 and Revit Structure 2013 applications installed and installed only Revit MEP UR1

Issue: Saving RVT file to Vault will fail

Workaround: Install both Revit MEP UR1 and Revit Architecture UR1

 

Known Issues Resolved

 

·         Modified the DeleteFileVersions API call to return results for all the files that are passed into it and not just the ones that were purged.

·         Unexpected exit when selecting Refresh command at Change Category dialog in CAD add-ins.

·         An unnecessary warning when moving an external reference dwg file or renaming the folder.

·         Improve the view at Bill of Materials tab during Add New Row with multiple items.

·         IIS might reset if many users check in AutoCAD files from different clients at the same time.

·         Full Content Search does not work for AutoCAD dwg file in 32 bit server OS.

·         File already exists error message comes for vaulted files during Check-in.

·         Placing an iPart in an assembly takes longer time when logged into Vault.

·         Related file cannot be opened from Show Details command after purging older versions of the related files.

·         Library files are dirtied in an assembly if they are checked in using a separate project file.

·         Performance issue in Vault Explorer when using SSL connection.

·         Flickering in Open from Vault window while filtering the file types.

·         Updated the restriction dialog box for Batch Plot to match the other restriction dialogs in the product.

·         Properties update between Item and Inventor DWG.

·         Vault will not migrate properly if the extensions are greater than 32 characters.

·         Files are not visible in the main grid when .NET 4.5 is installed.

·         Multiple users simultaneously adding multiple DWGs to a Vault resulted in a time out during the upload.

·         Unexpected exit of Autoloader when using Inventor 2012 to perform the loading on a 64-bit machine.

·         Revision table is not updated when the job is processed via Job Processor.

·         Clicking on an html link to a file in Vault, the server and vault name are now getting correctly set.

·         Effectivity could not be set on a Change Order if the Item and Change Order Description property was set to require a value.

·         When performing an Item Update on an AutoCAD Electrical project Item produced using copy design, the BOM quantities may all change to the value 1.

·         Using Purge from Vault Explorer, historical versions of a file cannot be purged if the tip is in Released lifecycle state.

·         In a Connected Workgroups environment, Purge cannot be performed from Vault Explorer without Administrative Ownership.

·         When using Google Chrome to access the Web Client, File and Item grids are not displayed.

·         Multiple Web Clients accessing a server with multiple vaults may have mixed results.

·         When logged in with Windows authentication clicking on a file link occasionally resulted in the error, "An unexpected error has occurred".

·         With an appropriate Autodesk Data Management Server and Vault Office 2013 installed, attempting to authenticate using the web client and Windows authentication would fail with a 'ERRMESSAGE_319' message.

·         Selecting Help from a Vault 2013 client resolves to an English help web site instead of the language of the localized version.

·         Reduction in the occurrence of out of memory conditions by correcting a memory leak.

·         Solves a performance issue when browsing Vault contents in Vault Basic Explorer and Vault Add-Ins.

·         Performing a Vault check out and subsequent check in from Inventor previously required that the workstation machine name matches.

·         Attempting to view the properties on a folder resulted in a dialog with the message "The server is not configured to use that feature".

·         Vault Explorer displayed an incorrect error dialog during the 'Update Lifecycle' command when restrictions are set by a web service command extension.

·         When trying to update a file's properties using the IExplorerUtil's object during a custom job handler, the first job that is run would succeed but all subsequent jobs would fail until the Job Processor was restarted.

·         When using a custom numbering scheme using Free text, Vault export may fail with the message "An error occurred when applying configuration".

·         This Service Pack is needed prior to using the Vault Data Transfer Utility to properly determine the tip consumable document revision.

·         When using a custom numbering scheme using a Pre-defined list, Vault export may fail with the message "An error occurred when applying configuration".

·         The tip consumable document revision was not being updated when performing workflows that affect historical document revisions.

·         Vault log in issue where a password is retained even when 'Automatically log in next session' is not checked.

·         Reduction in the occurrence of out of memory conditions by correcting a memory leak.

·         Migration issue resulting in the message “Cannot insert duplicate key row in object 'dboFileResource' with unique index 'IX_FileResource_1”.

·         CER: Unexpected exit of Inventor especially frequent when checking in files.

·         CER: Unexpected exit when the login dialog server list contained a blank entry.

·         CER: Unexpected exit of Inventor during Undo operation when immediately invoked after Opening a file.

·         CER: Unexpected exit of Inventor when Refreshing a Non Vaulted file from Model Browser.

·         CER: Unexpected exit of Inventor while Opening an IDW after closing the same IDW which was Opened using Show Details command.

·         CER: Unexpected exit of Inventor after selecting a Part in Vault Browser then deleting that Part in other file.

·         CER: Unexpected exit of Inventor when placing iPart file with invalid member name from Vault.

·         CER: Unexpected exit of Inventor when Checking out multiple files using Open From Vault.

·         CER: Unexpected exit of Inventor after Opening and Closing multiple files.

·         CER: Unexpected exit of Inventor when the Inventor main window is not set as Parent to any Vault Prompt that appears during opening a file.

·         CER: Unexpected exit of Inventor When Undo and Redo after file has been Opened.

·         CER: Unexpected exit of Inventor when undoing a mirror operation.

·         CER: Unexpected exit of Inventor while saving the file in Library's Subfolder.

·         CER: Unexpected exit of Inventor when trying to unsuppress a component.

·         Check-in from a machine which is different from the check-out machine. To enable that do the following changes

o    For Autodesk Inventor, edit the File “C:\Users\<User Name>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Inventor 2013 Vault Addin\ApplicationPreferences.xml” and add the following

                        <Category>

                                        <Property Name="IgnoreCheckInMachineNameValidation" Value="True" />

                        </Category>

 

o    For Autodesk Vault Client, edit the File “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Vault Professional 2013\Explorer\Connectivity.VaultPro.exe.config” and add the following under <appsettings>

                                <add key="IgnoreCheckInMachineNameValidation" value="True"/>

LEGAL NOTICE

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