Enterprise Vault™ Classification using the Veritas Information Classifier

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Product(s): Enterprise Vault (14.0)
  1. About this guide
    1. Introducing this guide
      1.  
        Relationship between the Veritas Information Classifier and other classification methods
    2.  
      What's in this guide
    3. Where to get more information about Enterprise Vault
      1.  
        Enterprise Vault training modules
  2. Preparing Enterprise Vault for classification
    1.  
      About the preparatory steps
    2.  
      What you need
    3.  
      Checking the cache location on the Enterprise Vault storage servers
    4.  
      Setting up the Data Access account
    5.  
      Enabling the Veritas Information Classifier on all Enterprise Vault servers
    6.  
      Configuring the Veritas Information Classifier for secure client connections
  3. Setting up Veritas Information Classifier policies
    1.  
      Introducing the Veritas Information Classifier
    2.  
      Opening the Veritas Information Classifier
    3.  
      Finding your way around
    4.  
      Analyzing sample content for policy matches
    5. About policies
      1.  
        Creating or editing policies
      2.  
        About policy conditions
      3.  
        Enabling or disabling policies
      4.  
        Exporting or importing policies
      5.  
        Resetting policies
      6.  
        Deleting policies
    6. About patterns
      1.  
        Creating or editing patterns
      2.  
        Exporting or importing patterns
      3.  
        Deleting patterns
    7. About tags
      1.  
        Creating or editing tags
      2.  
        Exporting or importing tags
      3.  
        About the Enterprise Vault index properties
      4.  
        How classification property values and retention categories interact
      5.  
        Points to note on setting retention categories
      6.  
        Deleting tags
  4. Defining and applying Enterprise Vault classification policies
    1.  
      About Enterprise Vault classification policies
    2. Defining classification policies
      1.  
        Configuring classification policies to assign retention categories with the shortest duration
    3.  
      About the PowerShell cmdlets for working with classification policies
    4.  
      Associating classification policies with retention plans
    5.  
      About the PowerShell cmdlets for working with retention plans
    6.  
      Applying retention plans to your Enterprise Vault archives
  5. Running classification in test mode
    1.  
      About classification test mode
    2.  
      Implementing classification test mode
    3.  
      About the PowerShell cmdlets for running classification in test mode
    4.  
      Understanding the classification test mode reports
  6. Using classification with smart partitions
    1.  
      About smart partitions
    2.  
      How Enterprise Vault determines whether to archive an item to a smart partition
    3.  
      Setting up smart partitions
    4.  
      Verifying that Enterprise Vault has archived items to smart partitions
  7. Appendix A. Enterprise Vault properties for use in custom field searches
    1.  
      About the Enterprise Vault properties
    2.  
      System properties
    3.  
      Attachment properties
    4.  
      Custom Enterprise Vault properties
    5.  
      Custom Enterprise Vault properties for File System Archiving items
    6.  
      Custom Enterprise Vault properties for SharePoint items
    7.  
      Custom Enterprise Vault properties for Compliance Accelerator-processed items
    8.  
      Custom properties for use by policy management software
    9.  
      Custom properties for Enterprise Vault SMTP Archiving
  8. Appendix B. PowerShell cmdlets for use with classification
    1.  
      About the classification cmdlets
    2.  
      Disable-EVClassification
    3.  
      Get-EVClassificationPolicy
    4.  
      Get-EVClassificationStatus
    5.  
      Get-EVClassificationTestMode
    6.  
      Get-EVClassificationVICTags
    7.  
      Initialize-EVClassificationVIC
    8.  
      New-EVClassificationPolicy
    9.  
      Remove-EVClassificationPolicy
    10.  
      Set-EVClassificationPolicy
    11.  
      Set-EVClassificationTestMode
  9. Appendix C. Classification cache folder
    1.  
      How Enterprise Vault caches the items that it submits for classification
    2.  
      Limits on the size of classification files
    3.  
      Configuring Enterprise Vault to keep the classification files in the cache folder
  10. Appendix D. Migrating from FCI classification to the Veritas Information Classifier
    1.  
      Converting FCI classification rules for use with the Veritas Information Classifier
  11. Appendix E. Monitoring and troubleshooting
    1.  
      Auditing
    2.  
      Checking the classification performance counters
    3.  
      Troubleshooting classification
    4.  
      Searching archives for items that the Veritas Information Classifier has classified

Initialize-EVClassificationVIC

Note:

This cmdlet is only for use with the Veritas Information Classifier in Enterprise Vault 12.2 and later. It is not designed for use with the classification features in earlier versions of Enterprise Vault, such as classification using the Microsoft File Classification Infrastructure (FCI).

Initialize-EVClassificationVIC enables the Veritas Information Classifier on all the Enterprise Vault servers in the specified site. For each of these servers, the cmdlet also configures the Veritas Information Classifier website in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS).

Permission to run Initialize-EVClassificationVIC is restricted to the Vault Service account. Run this cmdlet on an Enterprise Vault server rather than, for example, a separate computer on which you have installed a standalone Vault Administration Console.

Before you run the cmdlet for the first time, do the following:

  • In the Vault Administration Console, in the properties of the Enterprise Vault Directory, set up the Data Access account. Enterprise Vault uses this account to access the Veritas Information Classifier system.

    See Setting up the Data Access account.

  • On a shared network drive to which all the Enterprise Vault servers have access, create a folder in which the Veritas Information Classifier can keep policy information. Both the Vault Service account and the Data Access account must have read/write access to the folder.

  • If a self-signed SSL certificate for Enterprise Vault has been installed in IIS, replace it as soon as possible with a certificate that you have obtained from a trusted authority. Otherwise, this cmdlet may not work.

After you have run the cmdlet, we recommend that you do the following:

  • If you have not already done so, import the SSL certificate that you have installed in IIS into the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) keystore in the Enterprise Vault installation folder.

    See Configuring the Veritas Information Classifier for secure client connections.

  • Enable at least one Veritas Information Classifier policy.

    See Enabling or disabling policies.

  • Take regular backups of the policy information folder. In the event of a system failure, you can then recover any custom policies that you have created and any changes that you have made to the built-in policies, such as enabling or disabling those policies.

Initialize-EVClassificationVIC is provided by the snap-in Symantec.EnterpriseVault.PowerShell.Snapin.dll.

Syntax

Initialize-EVClassificationVIC [-PoliciesPath <String>] [-SiteId <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters

Table: Initialize-EVClassificationVIC parameters

Parameter

Description

-PoliciesPath

Specifies the UNC path to the folder in which the Veritas Information Classifier should keep policy information. The folder must already exist; the cmdlet does not create it.

It is mandatory to specify this parameter when you run Initialize-EVClassificationVIC for the first time. For subsequent runs, you can omit the parameter if you want the cmdlet to use the folder path that you previously specified.

Alternatively, you can specify the parameter again to nominate a different folder path. If you do nominate a different path, move the contents of the old policy folder to the new one before you use the Veritas Information Classifier again.

-SiteId

Specifies the ID of the Enterprise Vault site for which to configure the Veritas Information Classifier. If you omit this parameter, Initialize-EVClassificationVIC checks the registry to determine the ID of the current site. The cmdlet displays an error message if this check fails for any reason.

You can use Get-EVSite to obtain the site ID.

Examples

  • Initialize-EVClassificationVIC -PoliciesPath \\server1\VicPolicies

    Runs the cmdlet with the specified policy folder path on the current Enterprise Vault server. As no site ID is specified, the cmdlet checks the registry to determine the ID of the current site.

  • Initialize-EVClassificationVIC -Verbose -PoliciesPath \\server1\VicPolicies -SiteId 198...example.com

    Runs the cmdlet in verbose mode with the specified policy folder path and Enterprise Vault site.

  • Initialize-EVClassificationVIC -Verbose

    Runs the cmdlet in verbose mode with the existing policy folder path on the current Enterprise Vault server. If you have not previously specified the folder path, the cmdlet displays an error message.

Output

None.