A centralized vault is a networked location allotted by the management server administrator to serve as storage for the backup archives. A centralized vault can be managed by a storage node or be unmanaged. The total number and size of archives stored in a centralized vault is limited by the storage size only.
As soon as the management server administrator creates a centralized vault, the vault path and name are distributed to all machines registered on the server. The shortcut to the vault appears on the machines in the Vaults group. Any backup plan existing on the machines, including local plans, can use the centralized vault.
The following table explains in details the difference between managed and unmanaged vaults.
Functionality |
Managed vaults |
Unmanaged vaults |
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Requires installation of Acronis Backup Storage Node |
Yes |
No |
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Data stored in the vault is included in the centralized data catalog |
Yes |
No |
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Dedicated user accounts for accessing a vault (vault administrators and vault users) |
Yes |
No |
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Yes |
No |
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Yes |
No |
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Archive cleanup, replication and validation set in the backup plan is performed by... |
...the storage node (except replication to Acronis Cloud Storage, performed by the agent). |
...the agent. |
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Supported types of storage: |
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Acronis Cloud Storage |
No |
Yes |
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Tape device |
Yes |
No |
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Network share (SMB/CIFS) |
Yes |
Yes |
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NFS share |
Yes |
Yes |
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SAN, NAS |
Yes |
Yes |
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FTP/SFTP server |
No |
Yes |