User`s guide

To create a new folder for the vault, click Create folder.

A vault can be created in an empty folder only.

2. Click OK.

4.1.2.3. Attaching a managed vault

A vault managed by a storage node can be attached to another storage node. You might need to do

so when retiring storage node hardware, when the storage node is lost or when balancing loads

between storage nodes. As a result, the first node stops managing the vault. The second node scans

archives in the vault, creates and fills up the database corresponding to the vault, and starts

managing the vault.

When deleting a managed vault, you have the option to retain archives contained in the vault. The

location resulting from such deletion can also be attached to the same or another storage node.

Personal or centralized unmanaged vaults cannot be attached.

To attach a managed vault to a storage node, perform the following steps.

Vault

Storage node

Select the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node that will manage the vault.

Path

Specify the path to the location where the archives are stored.

Database path

Specify a local folder on the storage server to create a vault-specific database. This database

will store the metadata required for cataloguing the archives and performing deduplication.

Password

For the vault that was encrypted, provide the encryption password.

After you have performed all the required steps, click OK to commit to attaching the vault. This

procedure may last for quite a while since the storage node has to scan the archives, write the

metadata in the database, and deduplicate the archives if the vault was originally deduplicating.

4.1.3. Tape libraries

This section describes in detail how to use robotic tape devices as vaults for storing backup archives.

A tape library (robotic library) is a high-capacity storage device that contains the following:

• one or more tape drives

• multiple (up to several thousand) slots to hold tape cartridges

• one or more loaders (robotic mechanisms) intended for relocating the tape cartridges between

the slots and the tape drives

• barcode readers (optional).