Clean Deletion of a Vault

[tahdesign1]

So I have a new server that is acting as my test environment for an upgrade I am about to do.

However when I am ready this new server will become our production server (I will then make myself an identical one as the on going test environment)

Going from 2012 Basic to 2014 Basic then to 2014 Pro.

Method is Restore a 2012 Basic backup from the current production server to 2014 Basic on the new server then upgrade the product from Basic to Pro.

The first step (restore 2012 to 2014) I have done and tested well. Made several decisions that I will change and am ready to start again to go all the way up to Pro this time. Basically this is just a "rehearsal" for when I do the actual upgrade.

So want to strip the server of the Vault and then my IT dept will take a Snapshot of the server for me as a restore point.

I have done this and both the File Store and Database directories are no empty.

However, ADMS console still has all the users defined that it brought over with it in the restore.

I would have thought it would take those out also. I am basically trying to get the ADMS install back to its raw condition before I restore the backup to it.

[minkd · Accepted solution]

In ADMS-Console, there is command on the Tools menu called "Delete Master Vault".

A restore will overwrite the Master Vault though - so you don't really need to delete it prior to the restore.

-Dave