Installation Notes
Please ensure you have a verified backup of your database before upgrading, and upgrade at a time when it is convenient to not have access to the server. On very large Vault installations, the upgrade may take several hours.
Vault 7.1.0 does not support Dragnet integration. Users requiring integrated work item tracking should investigate SourceGear Vault Professional. Vault Professional is an integrated solution for application lifecycle management (ALM), including work item tracking and work item clients integrated into Visual Studio and Eclipse.
Vault 7.1.0 is not backwards compatible with previous versions of Vault. In essence, Vault 7.x clients will only interact with Vault 7.x servers and vice versa. Vault 2.x through 6.x clients and servers are not compatible with Vault 7.x clients and servers.
For details on Vault licensing, including upgrade policies and demo keys, please see the Licensing FAQ.
What's New Since Vault 7.0.0:
Vault GUI Client
- New Features
- Added full support for Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Fixes
- Resolved issue in GUI Client when invoking a label or history command would use a folder instead of the selected file
- Unnecessary login dialogs no longer appear during a client reconnect
- Corrected problem with invoking Diff from the Changeset View
- Clicking the radio button to "Include past days" within Merge Branches now enables the numeric control
- Copy Label now succeeds if an item has been moved or renamed after the label has been created
- File lists now update correctly when "Show non-version-controlled files ghosted" is checked and the Repository Files Exclusion list is empty
- Eliminated race condition crash for some installations when the splash screen is displayed during startup
- New Features
- Added full support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2013
Fixes - Output window now initializes correctly for Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2013
- Application Notifications activate correctly upon successful login to the Vault Server
- Corrected problem in the Open from Vault dialog when double clicking a .sln file
- Redesigned dialog used by Exclude from Project and File Deletion to clarify that retaining files in the working folder only works when Excluding files from the Project
- Corrected problem invoking Diff after switching between TreeView and List View on the Commit dialog
- The vertical splitter in the Notification View now retains its position
- Corrected indication of Commit dialog's enablement state for the Display Tree View and Display List View toolbar buttons
- New Features
- Added full support for Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2
Fixes - Replaced LABELCOPY command with COPYLABEL
- Replaced CREATEFOLDERCHANGESARCHIVE command with CREATE_FCA
- New Features
- Added full support for Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2
Fixes - Blank license keys Can no longer be added
- Fixes
- Index server now prevents invalid file lists from flushing to disk and causing "The file list cache file is is incorrect for the this folder." error messages
- Index Server now correctly handles log file entries when it cannot contact the Vault Server or connect to the sgvaultindex database
- Fixes
- Generation of notification events has been modified to eliminate deadlock situations with the sgmaster database
It is recommended that you backup your Vault database prior to an upgrade. This can be done from either the Vault Admin tool, or the SQL Enterprise Manager tool.
To upgrade from a previous installation of Vault, simply invoke the new installer, and choose the same options that were selected when Vault was previously installed. Program files and configuration settings will be automatically updated to reflect the upgrade. Note that the server installation will not delete your database unless you explicitly tell it to.
You may also safely uninstall Vault first, and then install the upgrade. As with installation, an uninstall will not delete your database unless you explicitly tell it to.
If you are upgrading past more than one major release version of Vault, please consult the Upgrading Guide.