Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials - User Guide - Manual (Page 184)

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After you have performed all the required steps, click OK to commit creating the unmanaged
centralized vault.
Vault path
To specify the path where the unmanaged vault will be created
1. Enter the full path to the folder in the Path field or select the desired folder in the folders tree.
Unmanaged vaults can be organized:
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On Acronis Cloud Storage.
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On a network share.
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On a Storage Area Network (SAN).
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On a Network Attached Storage (NAS).
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On FTP and SFTP servers.
According to the original FTP specification, credentials required for access to FTP servers are transferred
through a network as plaintext. This means that the user name and password can be intercepted by an
eavesdropper using a packet sniffer.
To create a new folder for the vault, click Create folder.
A vault can be created in an empty folder only.
2. Click OK.
Attaching a managed vault
A vault managed by a storage node can be detached (p. 178) from this storage node and attached to
another one. As a result, the old storage node stops managing the vault, and the new one starts
managing the vault. You might need to do this when retiring the storage node hardware, when the
storage node is lost, or when reinstalling a storage node.
If the old storage node is unavailable, remove it (p. 218) from the management server prior to
attaching its vaults to a new storage node.
Note: Personal, centralized unmanaged and tape-based vaults cannot be attached.
Before attaching
Catalog database
We recommend that you move the vault catalog database from the old storage node to the new one.
Otherwise, you will have to re-catalog the vault, which may take a long time to perform.
The vault catalog database is a set of files located in the folder whose name is the same as the GUID
of the vault. Do not change the folder name when moving it. To learn the GUID of a properly
detached vault, find the file named <vault GUID>_L.FDB in the vault folder.
The default location of catalog databases on a storage node is as follows:
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In Windows XP and Server 2003: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application
Data\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\ASN\Catalog.
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In Windows Vista and later versions of
Windows: %PROGRAMDATA%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\ASN\Catalog.
Deduplication database