Autodesk Vault Server Quick Start Installation

If you are installing Autodesk Vault for the first time, then the Quick Start Installation described in these sections is the fastest way to get set up so that you can begin managing your design data.

Install the Autodesk Vault Server

Follow these steps to perform the default installation of the Autodesk Vault Server. The steps you must take depend on your Autodesk Vault edition.

• Autodesk Vault Basic–Start with Part 4.
• Autodesk Vault Professional–Start with Part 1.

Optional: Part 1. Install the Network License Manager

Notes: You do not need to install the Network License Manager in the following cases:

• If you are installing Vault using the stand-alone license.
• If you are installing Autodesk Vault Basic. Proceed to Part 4 instead.

Autodesk recommends reviewing Plan your license before installing the Network License Manager.

Note: The license server does not have to be on the same server as the Vault server. Select the license server that you want to use when installing the Vault Server in Part 4.

1. Launch the Vault Server installation.
2. Click Install Tools & Utilities on the Installation screen.
3. Accept the license agreement and click Next.
4. Check Network License Manager.
   If you intend to use the Autodesk File Server along with the Vault Server, download the installation package from the Autodesk Knowledge Network.

   Note: You can always install this feature at a later time. See Install Supporting Components for more information.
   If Sharing Inventor Content Center files is needed, you can download them from Autodesk Inventor Remote Content Libraries.

   Note: See Content Center Libraries for Inventor for more information about using Content Center Libraries with Vault.
5. Click Install.

   When the License Manager finishes installing, click Finish.

Part 2. Obtain Your License File

1. Go to http://register.autodesk.com.
2. If you do not have a login you can create one. If you have a login continue to login.
3. Choose the account to which to add your license.
4. Enter your serial number and select your operating system for the Vault server then click next.
5. Choose which license server type you plan on using.
6. Enter the license server name and the license server ID (Mac address without dashes).
7. Click Next.
8. When presented with the license information click Save License File.

See Obtain and install a license file under the Installation for administrators topic.

Part 3. Configure Your License Server

Create a debug log file, configure your network license server, start it, and confirm that it's running. See Configure and start your license server under the Installation for administrators topic.

Part 4. Install the Vault Server

1. Launch the Vault Server installation.
2. Click Install on the Installation screen.
3. Accept the license agreement and click Next.
4. On the Configure Installation screen, check Autodesk Vault Server.
5. To make any changes to the default configuration, click the little down arrow below the check box.

   See Customize Your Installation for more information on customizing your Vault Server.

6. Click Install.
7. The Vault Installation process performs a system diagnostic before proceeding with the installation. Perform one of the following tasks on the ADMS System Check Report screen:

   • If all checks are successful, click Continue to proceed with the installation.
   • If any pre-checks fail, the number beside Actions Required indicates the number of pre-checks that failed to pass the diagnostic process.

     Links describing each failed pre-check are listed. Click on each link to learn more about the pre-check and the steps you must take so that your systems passes the diagnostic. Make all necessary changes and click Re-Test. Once all checks are cleared, click Continue to complete the installation.