When upgrading to the full version of Microsoft SQL Server, you must have permissions for the server and client systems, as well as to allow periodic system restarts. You should perform the upgrade in a test environment prior to performing the upgrade on the production environment. The client side systems are needed to verify that the upgrade has been performed successfully.
The server upgrade can be performed at any time after Autodesk Vault Server has been installed. The server may need to be rebooted one or two times during the upgrade process.
During the upgrade, the SQL server instance and the Autodesk Vault Server Services are shut down. Anyone logged into the vault at the time is automatically disconnected. Make sure all users are logged out of the Autodesk Vault Server. The upgrade will not affect the state of checked out files, nor will it modify the database structure, state of the files, or parent child relationships.
Before upgrading the SQL server, perform a backup from the Autodesk Vault Server Console application. For more information on backing up data, see the Autodesk Vault Server console Help.