A vault managed by a storage node can be attached to another storage node. You might need to do so when retiring the 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, and the second one starts managing the vault.
Note: Personal, centralized unmanaged and tape-based 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 11.5 Storage Node that will manage the vault.
Path
Specify the path to the location where the archives are stored.
Catalog database
[Optional] The catalog database contains the metadata of backups and archives stored in the vault. By default, the catalog database is located in the %AllUsersProfile%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\ASN\VaultMetadataDatabases folder of the machine where the storage node is installed. Normally, when detaching a vault from the storage node, the catalog database is copied from its default location to this vault. While attaching the vault, the software searches for the database in the vault. If the catalog database is found, it is automatically copied to the default location on the storage node the vault is being attached to. If the database cannot be found in the vault, you will be asked to specify the path to it manually. In case the catalog database cannot be found in the folder you specify, the new storage node retrieves the metadata and re-creates the database in its default location.
Deduplication database
[Optional] The software searches for the deduplication database automatically. If the database cannot be found automatically, you can specify the path to it manually. If the database cannot be found in the folder you specify, it will be re-created there. The deduplication database re-creation may take a long time to perform.
Password
For the encrypted vault, provide the encryption password.
After you have performed all the required steps, click OK to commit to attaching the vault.
If the required databases are not found, the attaching 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.