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The predominant concept of Vault is that files are downloaded from a non human readable location on the network to the users local hardrive. That local location is called the Vault workspace.
It is possible for your current network location to be the Vault workspace, but I would advise against other than in a few very specific circumstances. Do you plan on using AutoCAD Electrical alongside Inventor in Vault?
Scott Moyse
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ok then you should discuss with your team/boss about changing the working location of the data from your network to the local drives. Try to keep it simple by making sure everyones local workspace is on the same drive letter.
Then you will need to grab some of the data, do some testing, get Vault configured how you want it. Then plan for a time when no one is using any of the data, move it all over to your workspace. Then check the whole lot into Vault. Remove access to the network location and get everyone access to Vault.
Are you using Vault Basic?
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Yes they save to their local drives and then when they check that data in Vault, it should end up on a network drive.... but you are installing the Vault server onto your machine instead of the Network Server. So you have a couple of options.
You can point your filestore in ADMS to a network location. So a user checks in a file from their local drive to Vault, I believe it will then get sent to your PC, then the ADMS will move it to the Network filestore location (I don't think the client contacts the ADMS then moves it to where it says). So the file will move across the network twice in that scenario, if my understanding is correct. If you have a solid network, you shouldn't see any performance issues with that.... How many users are going to be connecting to the ADMS on your machine?
Or you can have the Backup run each night on your PC and backup to the network drive. Your backup plan on the network should then capture that daily backup. (This should happen anyway, even if you use the first scenario).
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Smaller businesses will have the Vault on a PC. Just like you have, but will backup to a network location. Or they can manage the backups on that PC with ext drives etc..
Normally Filestores only generally get moved about if the IT departments get involved. I would keep it on the same machine as the ADMS server, it will perform better than way, inevitably. I just suggested the option to you in case your IT guys insisted on the files etc being live on the network.
4 is fine.
Scott Moyse
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The typical way to use Vault is to have the Vault Server software installed on a dedicated computer and then have the Client software installed on each user's computer. As the size of the database, filestore and number of users increase that dedicated computer will scale from an old desktop machine (possibly one of the user's workstations) to a small dedicated server running the entire Vault Server, to a set of dedicated computers running different sub-components of the Vault software stack.
The Vault server replaces your network share. Your users will use the Vault Client or the Vault commands in their CAD aplications to check files out from the Vault server (which moves the files from the server machine to the local machine). They will do the design work, saving files on their local machine, until the work is done and then they will check the files back into the Server (which moves the files from the local workstation back to the server machine).
The Vault Server software includes a backup utility that is the simplest way to capture the state of the Vault Database and the filestore. This will ensure that both components are in sync and will allow you to recover from a system failure. Note that this tool only caputres the file versions that are checked-in. Any file versions that are checked-out on individual workstations will not be backed up.
Steve Walton
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