I'm about to format and reinstall Win 10 on my PC and need to backup and restore my entire PDM Standard File Vault (server and client installed locally). I am doing this now during the holidays as I can afford a little downtime. I have backed up the file vault database, ConisioMasterDb database, archive server config settings and the archive files themselves. I followed the PDM Installation Guide while doing so and I trust that the backups are healthy.

I feel that the "Restoring a File Vault" section of the Installation Guide is somewhat lacking, and I have a few questions:

• Do I need to download SQL Express from Microsoft's websites or can I install this directly from SW Installation Manager (SLDIM)? Am I correct in thinking SQL Express is included in the PDM Server installation?
• Before restoring databases, archive server settings and files, do I need to install a full-fledged working PDM system including database server and archive server first? Or is it enough to just install PDM Server and SNL Manger from SLDIM and then restore the files?
• Are registry keys handled automatically or do I have to go through and edit these after the PDM File Vault is restored? I imagine the computer name is included in the backup files, and if the files are restored on a new computer with a different name, will this cause issues?

Thanks in advance. I'm somewhat nervous knowing I have to migrate the PDM system like this, and I really hope I can restore it without losing anything or it causing me too much downtime.

KL