Backing up an Enterprise Vault vault store database

Use the following steps to back up a vault store database.

Note:

The Enterprise Vault Agent automatically runs a physical consistency check of the vault store database before it backs it up.

See About consistency checks for Enterprise Vault databases and Compliance and Discovery Accelerator databases.

To back up a vault store database

  1. On the navigation bar, click the arrow next to Backup.

  2. Click New Backup Job.

  3. In the backup selections view, expand Enterprise Vault.

  4. Do one of the following:


    To back up the Enterprise Vault 7.x vault store database

    To the following in the order listed:

    • Expand a Directory on <Computer_name> that contains the vault store database that you want to back up.

    • Expand the Enterprise Vault site that contains the vault store database that you want to back up.

    • Expand the Enterprise Vault server that contains the vault store that you want to back up.

    • Expand the vault store that contains the vault store database that you want to back up..

    To back up the Enterprise Vault 8.x vault store database

    Do the following in the order listed:

    • Expand a Directory on <Computer_name> that contains the vault store database that you want to back up.

    • Expand the Enterprise Vault site that contains the vault store database that you want to back up.

    • Expand a vault store group.

    • Expand a vault store that contains the vault store database that you want to back up.

  5. Select Vault Store DB (<VaultStore_SQL_Server_name/instance>/<vault_store database_name>)

  6. In the task pane, under Settings, click Enterprise Vault.

  7. Select a backup method

    See About backup methods for Enterprise Vault backup jobs.

  8. In the task pane, select other backup options as appropriate.

  9. Do one of the following:


    To run the job now

    Click Run Now.

    To schedule the job to run later

    Do the following in the order listed:

    • In the task pane, under Frequency, click Schedule.

    • Set the scheduling options.

      See Scheduling jobs.

    • Click Submit.

Backing up an Enterprise Vault vault store database