Windchill System Administrator's Guide

Adding and Updating Vaults
Deleting a Vault
Adding and Updating Folders
Select File > New > New Vault to add a vault. Select Object > Update or
double-click a vault icon to modify the selected vault. Vault attributes you can
specify include the following:
• Vault name. All vault names must be unique.
• The vault's access status. If Read Only is selected, the vault is not available to
store uploaded files, but it continues to be accessible for download requests.
For example, you may decide to mark a vault as read-only when moving files
from one vault to another, to prevent the upload of additional files.
• When you are updating an existing vault, the Update Vault dialog box
displays the sequence number of the folders within the vault. The sequence
numbers determine the order in which Windchill searches the vault for a
writable folder in which to store content. Click Show Only Writable to
restrict the display to folders that allow write access. Use the available buttons
to change a folder's sequence number.
If a vault does has a folder or folders, those folders should be either deleted or
moved to another vault before you delete the vault. Execute the following steps to
delete an external file vault or replica vault:
1. Stop and delete all scheduled activities associated with the vault to be
removed, such as revaulting or replication.
2. Delete all the policy rules associated with the vault.
3. For external file vaults only, run revaulting on the vault to move all the
content from it to another location.
4. Remove all of the vault’s folders.
5. Remove the vault by selecting it from the tree on the left side of the Vault
Configuration dialog and selecting Delete in the File menu.
Select File > New > New Folder to add a folder. Select Object > Update or
double-click a folder icon to modify the selected folder.
Folder attributes are as follows:
• Unique folder name.
• Vault location. All folders must belong to a vault, which you select from the
drop-down list on the New Folder dialog box. You can move a folder to
another vault when updating it. This may be desirable if, for example, the
folders in the current vault are becoming full. If information is stored in the
folder, the following steps are the best way to change its location:
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