How to Determine which db is referenced by an Archive server

That sounds like an awful situation.  Somebody needs Admin access to the server.

In the user Admin panel, I can't access those properties.  When I right click on the Vault in the Admin panel, after I login I get this:

But, if I login under the Admin account, I can see the archive server in the property box.

And, I'm no PDM expert.  So, maybe you could reach out to your VAR.  They may be able to web session in and access that information. 

Hi Bobby,

1) Expand an archive server node from your administration tool (no need to log into the archive server itself). in my example image, it is "FCOGWS"

2) Right mouse click on an arbitrary vault under said server node. "DEV" in my example and select properties. Log in when prompted.

3) The screen that appears shows the name of the database and corresponding database server (FCOGWS). in my case, the SQL server and the archive server are on the same machine. hence the name of the archive server is the same as the SQL server.

Note: that one archive server can connect to multiple SQL servers. I recommend approaching your network discovery as "per vault" as opposed to as "per archive server". in other words, make an excel spreadsheet and lists all your vaults in the first column, then fill in the information of their corresponding servers.

4) Know that the left-hand side of the administration tool can list multiple archive servers to streamline your discovery. adding and removing servers from the administration tool "tree" is totally safe. It's just a list. you can add an additional archive server by clicking File > Add server.

I hope I helped

Don't forget to get your VAR involved.  They can web session in and sort out things pretty quickly.  They really helped me get up and running with PDM.