Restore Backups

Restoring a Meridian Enterprise vault from a backup consists of the following tasks that must be performed in the order listed:

  1. Restore files to disk that were backed up with your normal backup software.

  2. Reindex the vault using the sorting order of the current operating system as described in Change Operating System Versions.

    This task is only necessary if the operating system of the server where the vault will be restored is different from the server where the vault was backed up.

  3. Restore the vault from the restored files using the following instructions.

    The Restart After Restore from Backup Wizard in the Meridian Enterprise Administrator does this without stopping the Meridian services. Regardless, restoring a vault should not be performed during production hours except in emergencies.

Important!

Restoring a vault will completely overwrite the vault's existing database. Be very certain that no valuable data will be lost before proceeding.