Copy a Library

Copy a Content Center library.

Access the server console:

• On the local machine if the Content Center libraries are installed locally.
• On the remote server if the Content Center libraries are being hosted by a remote server.

1. In the navigation pane, expand the Libraries folder.
2. In the Libraries folder, right-click the library to copy and then select Copy.
3. In the Copy Library dialog box, the display name, partition, and database name associated with the library to copy are displayed.
   • Enter a name for the new copy of the library.
   • From the Partition drop-down list, select a partition for the new copy of the library. The partition associates the copied library with a particular release of Autodesk Inventor. Only Inventor users using the corresponding version of Inventor can access the libraries in the matching partition.
   • Enter the database name for the copy of the library.
4. Click OK.

• A library on an older partition can be copied only once, and only to a higher partition version. After a copy is created on a higher partition, the same source library cannot be copied to that partition again.
• A library on the latest available partition cannot be copied, because no higher partition is available. If you try to copy such a library, the message "This library cannot be copied; its partition cannot be updated to any other partition." is displayed.

For example, on a Vault 2027 server, a library on the Inventor 2025 partition can be copied to a 2026 or 2027 partition, but only once. A library on the Inventor 2027 partition cannot be copied.

To create another library based on a library that is on the latest partition, use the Autodesk Inventor Content Center Library Transfer Guide to transfer the library to Inventor Desktop Content, copy the required families into a new library, and then transfer the new library back to the Autodesk Vault Server.