The Vault Upgrade Guide is a comprehensive look at upgrading your Vault environment to a new release year or edition of Autodesk Vault. Details are provided for releases from 2009 to the current Autodesk Vault release.
An upgrade means moving Vault data to a newer release (e.g.,-from-vault-2019-to-vault-2025).
The upgrade process for an Autodesk Vault environment is composed of five stages: validate backup, upgrade SQL, upgrade Vault server, upgrade clients, and create backup. The number of steps within each stage varies depending on the existing Vault implementation.
The instructions in the attached document assume that the administrator performing the upgrade is familiar with common server administration tasks. At a minimum, the administrator should be familiar with installing and uninstalling software on Microsoft Windows™.
If there are concerns or additional complexities in the Autodesk Vault environment, the best practice is to involve your Value Added Reseller or Autodesk Consulting. This is especially important when using clustered SQL or business line integrations with Vault.
Refer to the steps in this section for more information about upgrading SQL. For additional details about Microsoft SQL, see the Microsoft SQL help.