After vaults are created, configured, populated with documents, and put into production use, we recommend that a system administrator monitor their status on a regular basis, for example, weekly for the first month after a new vault is created and monthly thereafter. Monitoring vault status ensures that the vaults are operating correctly, backed up, and remain free of inconsistencies. Investing a small amount of time in monitoring vault status can help prevent or minimize data loss later.
To monitor vault status:
A vault backup is required if one has not been successfully performed within the last five days (default) as described in Preparing for backups. You can determine the date of the last successful backup by viewing the modification dates of the files contained in the vault’s Backup folder. If you have configured a recovery log task to be executed by the Windows Task Scheduler, also check the date of the last recovery log file. If it is the same as the last successful backup, chances are both tasks failed for the same reason, typically an expired password for the service account used to run the scheduled tasks.
Tip The number of days since the last successful backup before an alert is displayed when the Meridian Enterprise Administrator is opened. This setting can be configured with the AlertNoBackup registry value described in Windows registry keys.
A vault upgrade is required after the Meridian application server software has been upgraded as described in Upgrading Meridian vaults.