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Backup and restore Vault

Backup and restore Vault - Vault Tutorial

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Backup and restore Vault

- [Voiceover] The Backup tool in Vault server is used both to restore files and for upgrading moving server hardware. The backups not only roll up all the files that have been moved to Vault, but also the information about the files and the permissions. Let's back up our Vault now, so under Tools, in the Autodesk Data Management Server Console, just click Backup. All it needs is a Backup Path, so let's put it on the Desktop in, maybe, a folder called vault backups and I'll click OK, and all we have to do is hit OK, and it will backup all the Vaults, all the permissions, and all the files, so the entire Vault server will be backed up. Now that we've backed up the Vault, let's show how to restore it. All I have to do, I'm gonna Delete some of these Vaults. I'll Delete FIRE. This really isn't for the faint of heart. I'm Deleting my Vaults and all the files that go with them, so this is quite a scary idea, but I really trust my backup, so I'm OK to Delete all these Vaults. Let's restore…

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