This message can appear in the vlogs. Error: Soap Exception ( mesg-id = 635071590603372501 ) Exception: RestrictionsOccurred [1387] Stacktrace: Server stack trace: at Connectivity.Product.BusinessLogic.ItemBL.CheckRestrictionsByItemIterationIds(ProductRestrictionCodes[] restrictionCodes, Int64[] itemIterationIds) at Connectivity.Product.BusinessLogic.ItemBL.EditItemRevisionInternal(Int64 itemRevId, Boolean bypassWIPRestriction, String comment) at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.Message.Dispatch(Object target) at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.StackBuilderSink.SyncProcessMessage(IMessage msg)... Continue reading

This question occassionally crops up from partners and customers. The amount of memory needed is often directly linked to the amount of data needed in the cache to achieve high cache hit ratios. Its not possible to have too much... Continue reading

You can sometimes see this error in the Vault Server vlog. (Note DatabaseError [109] is a generic error. The Exception(Inner) message is more indicative.) Error: Soap Exception ( mesg-id = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ) Exception: DatabaseError [109] Stacktrace: Server stack trace: Exception... Continue reading

Operating System Windows Server 2012 Standard (x64) Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (64-bit) (If no version of SQL is pre-installed, SQL 2008 Server (SP3) build 10.0.5500 Express 64-bit, is installed) Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Browser Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Native Client... Continue reading

Click this link to view the Vault 2014 System Requirements System Requirements for Autodesk Vault 2014 products Continue reading

In the Windows Event Viewer you can sometimes see these error messages. Source: ASP.NET 2.0.50727.0 Event ID : 1309 Application Virtual Path: /AutodeskDM/Services Exception type: HttpException Exception message: Request timed out This can indicate an ongoing issue that can be... Continue reading

Sometime you can see these errors in the Windows Event Viewer Application log. Source: ASP.NET 2.0.50727.0 Event ID : 1309 Application Virtual Path: /AutodeskDM/Services Exception type: OutOfMemoryException Exception message: Exception of type 'System.OutOfMemoryException' was thrown. In such circumstances, please refer... Continue reading

In the Windows Event Viewer you can sometimes see a number of ASP.NET errors One such error is Source: ASP.NET 2.0.50727.0 Event ID : 1309 Application Virtual Path: /AutodeskDM/Services Exception type: HttpException Exception message: The remote host closed the connection.... Continue reading

In some situations it is necessary to limit the numbers of Users connecting to a Vault Server. This can be achieved in a number of ways, such as using different licence servers for each Vault Server. In this blog article,... Continue reading

When trying to "Add Workgroup", after entering the Replication Credentials, appeared this message in the User Interface. The CHECK_POLICY and CHECK_EXPIRATION options cannot be turned OFF when MUST_CHANGE is ON. In the ADMS Console running from the Publising Workgroup, was... Continue reading

Problem. Trying to delete a database from the ADMS Console resulted in this error. 12/01/2013 3:22:58 PM Connectivity.Application.VaultManager.ServiceException: Cannot drop the database 'TEST' because it is being used for replication. ---> System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot drop the database 'TEST' because it is... Continue reading

Issue: When applying Vault 2013 ADMS SP1 you receive the following error: "iis is not running as the default web server" Thi happens because the installer is not recognizing the new port number you have assigned to your IIS service.... Continue reading

Trying to Disable Workgroup Replication returned this error in the ADMS Console Log 17/12/2012 9:43:09 AM Connectivity.Application.VaultManager.ServiceException: Invalid object name 'dbo.sysmergesubscriptions'. ---> System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Invalid object name 'dbo.sysmergesubscriptions'. at Connectivity.Core.Database.TransactionContext.OnSqlException(SqlException e) at Connectivity.Core.Database.SqlAccess.ExecuteNonQueryInternal(SqlCommand cmd) at Connectivity.Core.Database.SqlAccess.ExecuteNonQuery(CommandType commandType, String commandText, Int32 commandTimeout,... Continue reading

I just had a rather odd Installation error whilst trying to apply "Autodesk Vault 2013 Service Pack 1 (Server).msp" on my laptop. I neglected to take a screenshot of the error (my bad), however a MSI log file in the... Continue reading

Trying to attach a Vault database to the ADMS Console returned this error. 27/11/2012 09:15:51 Connectivity.Application.VaultManager.ServiceException: The database principal owns a database role and cannot be dropped. ---> System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: The database principal owns a database role and cannot be dropped.... Continue reading

Trying to disable replication on a database you may see this error:- This error occurred because the same database was disabled on the publisher. It should not be possible to disable a database on the publisher if it is enabled... Continue reading

When trying to enable replication of a database to a subscriber I got this error. "The CREATE DATABASE statement failed. The primary file must be at least xxx MB to accomodate a copy of the model database." This happened because... Continue reading

These counters are useful if you need to analyse performance bottlenecks in your Vault Environment. SQL LogicalDisk(D:)\Avg. Disk Queue Length Memory\Available KBytes Memory\Page Faults/sec MSSQL$AUTODESKVAULT:Buffer Manager\Buffer cache hit ratio MSSQL$AUTODESKVAULT:Databases(_Total)\Transactions/sec MSSQL$AUTODESKVAULT:Databases(tempdb)\Transactions/sec MSSQL$AUTODESKVAULT:General Statistics\User Connections MSSQL$AUTODESKVAULT:Locks(_Total)\Average Wait Time (ms) MSSQL$AUTODESKVAULT:Locks(_Total)\Lock Requests/sec... Continue reading

When trying to enable a Vault database, I received this error message. "The filestore identity does not match the Vault" In the ADMS Console log 11/13/2012 4:53:15 PM The filestore identity does not match the Vault. 11/13/2012 4:53:15 PM Connectivity.Application.VaultManager.ServiceException:... Continue reading

Trying to disable replication from the Publisher ADMS Console on a Standard Content Center Library, showed this error in the ADMSConsole log file. 11/13/2012 2:22:52 PM Unable to clean up replication database 'AI2013_Inventor ISO' on subscribing database server 'RR-W2K8R2-SUB\AUTODESKVAULT'. 11/13/2012... Continue reading

Installing Vault Server encountered this error. Error 29001. Vault Management error: Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.Web.Administration, Version 7.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. This was resolved by checking the components... Continue reading

No doubt, all readers of this blog will be aware of the Backup and Restore Autodesk Vault document, that should be used to back up a replicated environment. Of particular interest is the line... “Restore Process A restore should be... Continue reading

To enable logging in Sharepoint 2010 Login to "Share 2010 Central Administration" Click "Monitoring" Click "Configure diagnostic logging" Under "Select a Category" tick either "All Categories" or at a minimum "Business Connectivity Services" to capture any errors coming from the... Continue reading

After installing DL19837065 (link no longer available as it has been unpublished), you may notice that the Vault 2013 addin for Microsoft Office applications either stops working (the icons are greyed out) or you may get an error similar to... Continue reading

Referring to TS20200238 "File and File Properties are missing or differ between Publisher and one or more Subscriber Workgroups." Problem In a Connected Workgroup environment using SQL Replication, you notice that there are differences in files and file properties between... Continue reading