The vault backup function can be used for backing up the document vault or for
scheduling a recurring vault backup job. For more information about scheduled backups,
refer to
Scheduled Backup Jobs.
Steps
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Open M-Files Admin.
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In the left-side tree view, expand the desired connection to M-Files Server.
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In the left-side tree view, select a vault of your choice.
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Right-click the vault and select from the context menu.
The
Back Up Document Vault dialog is opened.
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Using the Backup type drop-down menu, select either
Full backup or Differential backup.
A full backup is the most complete copy that can be produced with M-Files. It
contains, for example, the history information of all documents. You cannot make
a differential backup if you have not made a full backup first. A differential
backup contains all data that has been changed after the last full
backup.
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Click the ... button to select the destination of the
M-Files backup file (MFB).
- Optional:
Use the Set Account... button to define a separate user
account to have access rights to the backup file.
- Optional:
Check the Divide to multiple files option check box and
set the file size limit if you want to divide the vault backup into multiple
files.
The names of the backup files should not be modified as they might no longer
be recognized during a backup operation later on.
- Optional:
Check the Overwrite existing files option check box if you
want your new backup files to replace any existing files with the same file
name.
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Select either:
- Run immediately to start the backup job right
away.
or
- Add to scheduled jobs and click the
... button to schedule the backup job as a
recurring task.
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Click OK to either start the backup process or to add
the scheduled task to the list of scheduled
jobs.
Results
The vault backup should now be run or added to the list of
scheduled jobs, depending on your choice under the
Scheduling header of the dialog.
