Backing up an Enterprise Vault open partition

When you back up an open partition, Backup Exec automatically backs up the partition's associated vault store database in the same backup job. Backup Exec includes vault store database to help maintain synchronization between the vault store database and the open partition if a recovery operation is required.

Use the following steps to back up a vault store open partition.

To back up an open partition

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

  2. Click New Backup Job.

  3. In the Backup Selections pane, expand Enterprise Vault.

  4. Expand a Directory on <Computer_name> that contains the partition you want to back up.

  5. Expand an Enterprise Vault site that contains the server where the vault store partition that you want to back up resides.

  6. Expand the Enterprise Vault server that contains the partition that you want to back up.

  7. Expand a vault store that contains the partition that you want to back up.

  8. Expand All Partitions.

  9. Check Open Partitions.

    You must select the open partition that you want to back up from the backup selections pane. You cannot select the open partition from the results pane.

    Backup Exec automatically includes the open partition's associated vault store database in the backup job when you select an open partition for backup.

  10. In the Properties pane, under Settings, click Enterprise Vault.

  11. Select a backup method:

    Backup method

    The following methods are available:

    • Full (default)

    • Differential

    • Incremental

    See About selecting a backup method for Enterprise Vault backup jobs.

  12. In the Properties pane, select other backup options as appropriate.

  13. 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 Properties pane, under Frequency, click Schedule.

    • Set the scheduling options.

    • Click Submit.

More Information

Scheduling jobs

About restoring Enterprise Vault