Detaching a Vault
You can detach a vault from a connection to M-Files server, in which case the vault data is not destroyed but kept on the hard drive of the server computer. You can later restore the server connection with the Attach Document Vault operation.
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Do the following steps to detach a document vault:
- Open M-Files Admin.
- In the left-side tree view, expand a connection to M-Files server.
- Click Document Vaults.
- Select a document vault that you want to detach and click Detach on the task area.
- Click Yes at the prompt to confirm your action.