Vault store partition properties

A vault store partition represents the physical location where the archived items are stored. You can create a new vault store partition or change the state of an existing vault store partition.

See Creating a vault store partition.

See Editing or viewing vault store properties.

Table: Vault store partition properties

Item

Description

Name

Displays the name of the vault store partition.

Description

Displays a description of the vault store partition.

Location

Displays the path name where the vault store partition is located.

The path can be on a local drive or on a network share. You cannot specify a path that is a subdirectory in the path for another vault store partition.

For example, you can create a vault store partition on C:\vault store 1. However, you cannot create another vault store partition on C:\vault store 1\vault store 2.

Ensure that the Backup Exec service account has full permissions for the path.

See About the Backup Exec service account.

State

Displays one of the following states:

  • Open

    New archived data is stored in this vault store partition.

  • Closed

    New archived data cannot be stored in this vault store partition.

See About vault store partitions in the Archiving Option.

Vault store partition properties