Parameters Set Through Windows Registry; Creating A Backup Policy - ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server SBS Edition User Manual

7.2.3

Parameters set through Windows registry

The following two parameters determine paths to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node's
internal databases, which contain information about managed vaults. They can be modified only by
editing the registry.
When to modify
While the database located in the folder determined by DatabasePath is typically small, the tape
database, located at TapeDatabasePath, may be large if the tape library contains thousands of
archives, and you may want to store the tape database on a volume other that the system volume.
Parameters
Important: We do not recommend modifying these parameters. If you do need to modify either of them, you
should do this before creating any correspondent (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: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\TapeLocation\TapesDatabasePath

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
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