I see this as a great tool for everyone to learn how to use. I want to use Vault on my local machine for now, but upgrade to a network accessible server for the build season.

The latest error I get is, “Vault Basic 2014 could not find the Data Management Services in localhost.” The Autodesk instructions I read include some details about what’s included with the Vault Basic, but I fail to see necessary procedures for setting up the accounts, configuring the server software, and configuring the OS settings.

At first I got the error dialog that IIS wasn’t running, but continue to get error messages even after starting IIS services. I seem to have missed some Vault Basic configuration steps because I can’t login. I also installed the SP1 for Inventor and the Vault update. No installation errors on my Windows 7 Home Premium edition laptop. Vault was part of the 2014 Autodesk download. I’m glad you have it working! However, I currently don’t have 2014 Vault Basic working and would like some guidance. It really seems like one of those things you never knew you needed until you have it, and then wonder how you lived without it. I have backups setup to the local drive, and then I’m using a robocopy command in the backup batch file that copies the backups to a network share on a different server. I think we should be okay on performance. My setup for the Vault server is a Dell Poweredge 1850 with two dual-core Xeons at 2.8GHz, 8 gigs of RAM, and two 10k RPM SCSI drives in RAID 1, running Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise. I will also add that the installation of Inventor 2014 seems very improved over 2012. I had a little trouble understanding how to get existing files into the Vault, but it seems the Autoloader utility takes care of it okay. The documentation is somewhat of a bear it get through if you actually read it all, but if you can wrap your head around the concept of it, and follow a few simple rules of usage, it seems really simple and a joy to include in the workflow. THANK YOU AUTODESK for making Vault Basic 2014 freely available!

I am so excited to finally be doing this the right way like a professional workplace would do. We had used a simple network share in the past, and it just wasn’t cutting it. I’ve only just barely tested it with one client, but I can already tell this is going to be a fantastic way to manage our files. Well, I wanted to post here and say, I successfully installed Vault 2014 and so far it’s awesome. There have been a few older threads from seasons past about teams using (or attempting to use) Autodesk Vault, but no real solid first-hand descriptions of teams using it in their workflow.

Autodesk inventor 2014 update