Storage Areas

Check Storage Areas, Sync SQL Storage Area to CAD Relational DB, Delete inactive records from CAD RDBMS, Upgrade previous SQL storage areas, back up a Userroot Storage Area and Manage SQL.

NOTE: SQL Compatibility tools are need for SQL Manager to be able to function for SQL 2008, SQL 2012, and SQL 2014.

Easily Upgrade Your Storage Areas

Now you can easily upgrade your version 7 and version 8 userroot and SQL storage areas. Upgrade version 7 to version 8 or version 9, and upgrade version 8 to version 9 with a few simple clicks. You no longer have to create newer versioned storage areas and copy data from your older versioned storage areas.

NOTE: it is always best to make a backup of your current data before proceeding with any major change.

Select File, Options and in the Storage Areas window are the new options for upgrading.

Select the version you wish to upgrade your storage areas:

 

Note: “Pre V8.2” identifies SQL storage areas that were created prior to version 8.2 software.

For the source storage areas to upgrade, select to browse All storage areas, browse for only version 8 (V8) storage areas, or browse for only version 7 (V7) storage areas:

For example, if you only want to upgrade your version 7 storage areas, then select V7 to see the list of version 7 storage areas available for upgrading:

Only the version 7 storage areas will be listed from all available drives and devices:

The Verbose option will display any messages as the upgrade progresses. For example:

NOTE: for SQL storage areas, the user must have the proper SQL permissions (sysadmin) to perform the upgrade.