A Meridian vault can be moved to another computer (for example, as a server upgrade) by restoring a backup of the vault made on the original server so long as the vault folder names and paths remain the same. This task assumes that Meridian and SQL Server are installed on the same computer. If the folder names or paths will be different, see Moving a SQL Server vault to a different folder.
Warning It is not possible to move (by restoring from backup) a vault from a pre-Windows Server 2008 computer (including Windows XP, Windows Server 2000, or Windows Server 2003) to a post-Windows Server 2008 (including Windows Vista) or later computer without adverse side effects. The possible side effects include folders and documents not being accessible, and vault corruption. The cause is Windows API functions that behave differently between pre-Windows Server 2008 and post-Windows Server 2008 operating systems.
The only supported method to move an existing vault from a pre-Windows Server 2008 computer to a post-Windows Server 2008 computer is by importing it from the source server into a new vault on the post-Windows Server 2008 computer.
To restore a SQL Server vault to the same location on another server:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\ CurrentVersion\Installed Datastores\<VaultName>
Where <VaultName> is the name of the vault to be restored.
Related concepts
Integrating Meridian with SQL Server
Understanding how Meridian works with SQL Server
Understanding vault cache memory
Understanding SQL Server vault backups
Related tasks
Integrating with a separate SQL Server computer
Configuring the Windows account used by Meridian
Creating a SQL Server account for use by Meridian
Configuring the SQL Server account used by Meridian
Migrating a Hypertrieve vault to SQL Server
Moving a SQL Server vault to a different folder