Acronis Backup & Recovery

To

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Create a managed or an unmanaged vault

1. Click Create.
2. In the Type field, select the vault type: Managed or Unmanaged

The procedure of creating centralized vaults is described in-depth in the following sections:

• Create a managed centralized vault
• Create an unmanaged centralized vault

Edit a managed or an unmanaged vault

1. Select the vault.
2. Click Edit.

Depending on the vault you select (managed or unmanaged), the respective Edit page will be opened:

• The Edit managed vault page lets you change the vault’s name, encryption password (if the vault is encrypted) and information in the Comments field.
• The Edit unmanaged vault page lets you edit the vault’s name and information in the Comments field.

Validate a vault

1. Select the vault.
2. Click Validate.

You will be taken to the Validation page with an already pre-selected vault as a source. The vault validation checks all the archives in this vault.

Delete a vault

1. Select the vault.
2. Click Delete.

You’ll be asked whether to keep the archives stored in the vault, or delete the vault along with all the archives. The plans and tasks that use this vault will fail.

If you choose to keep the archives for a managed vault, the vault will be detached from the storage node. Later on, you’ll be able to attach this vault to the same or to another storage node.

Explore an unmanaged vault

1. Select the unmanaged vault.
2. Click Explore.

The vault will be available for examination with the standard file manager program.

Attach the managed vault that was deleted without removing its content.

Click Attach.

The procedure of attaching a managed vault to a storage node is described in-depth in the Attaching a managed vault section.

Change user credentials for accessing a vault

Click Change user.

Changing user credentials is available for vaults that reside on shared storages only.

Refresh a vault’s information

Click Refresh.

While you are reviewing the vault content, archives can be added to the vault, deleted or modified. Click Refresh to update the vault information with the most recent changes.

Actions on a tape library on a managed vault

Define tape labels and perform inventorying of a tape library on a managed vault

Click Manage tapes.

In the Tape Management window, define labels for tapes and refresh the inventory. For more details, see the Managing
tape library section.

Rescan tapes in a managed vaults

Click Rescan tapes.

Rescan reads information about the content of user-selected tapes and updates the storage node database.

This operation is described in-depth in the Rescan section.