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Parameters related to vault databases
The following two parameters determine paths to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node's
internal databases, which contain information about managed vaults.
The database that is located in the folder specified by the DatabasePath parameter is typically small.
However, the database that is located in the folder specified by the TapeDatabasePath parameter
(called the tape database), may be large if the tape library contains thousands of archives. In this
case, you may want to store the tape database on a different volume.
Important: We do not recommend modifying these parameters. If you do need to modify either of them, you
should do this before creating any corresponding (tape or non-tape) managed vaults. Otherwise, the storage
node will lose access to those vaults until you re-attach them, and re-attaching a vault—especially a
deduplicating one—may take a considerable amount of time.
DatabasePath
Description: Specifies the folder where Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node stores its
non-tape vaults database.
This database contains a list of vaults that are managed by the storage node, other than tape
vaults (see the next parameter). Its typical size does not exceed a few kilobytes.
Possible values: Any string 0 to 32765 characters long
Default value: C:\Program Files\Acronis\StorageNode
Registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acronis\ASN\Configuration\StorageNode\DatabasePath
TapesDatabasePath
Description: Specifies the folder where Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node stores its
tape vaults database.
This database contains a list of tape vaults that are managed by the storage node. Its size
depends on the number of archives stored in the tape libraries, and approximately equals 10 MB
per hundred archives.
Possible values: Any string 0 to 32765 characters long
Default value: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\TapeLocation\
Registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\TapeLocation\TapesDatabase
Path
7.3 Creating a backup policy
A backup policy can be applied to both Windows and Linux machines.
To create a backup policy, perform the following steps.
General
Policy name
[Optional] Enter a unique name for the backup policy. A conscious name lets you identify the
policy among the others.
Source type
Select the type of items to back up: Disk/volumes or Files.