Enterprise Vault™ PST Migration

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Product(s): Enterprise Vault (14.4)
  1. About this guide
    1.  
      Introducing this guide
    2. Where to get more information about Enterprise Vault
      1.  
        Enterprise Vault training modules
  2. Introduction to PST migration
    1.  
      Introducing PST file migration
    2.  
      Tools for migrating PST files
    3.  
      Feature comparison of PST migration tools
    4.  
      About the Exchange PST Migration policy
    5.  
      Improving performance when archiving PST file contents
    6.  
      Migrating PST files in hosted environments
    7. About the Personal Store Management node
      1.  
        Creating filters
  3. PST file ownership
    1.  
      About PST file ownership
    2.  
      PST file marking to determine PST file ownership
    3. PST message sampling to determine PST file ownership
      1.  
        Configuring message sampling to determine PST file ownership
      2.  
        Results of message sampling
  4. PST migration: scripted
    1.  
      Overview of the scripting mechanism for PST migration
    2.  
      Undertaking the PST migration process using Policy Manager
    3.  
      Preparation for PST scripted migration
    4. Output from PST migration
      1. [PSTcheckpoint] section PST scripted migration
        1.  
          Report mode [PSTcheckpoint] section
        2.  
          Process mode [PSTcheckpoint] section
      2.  
        Enterprise Vault event log for PST scripted migration
    5.  
      Example initialization file for PST scripted migration
  5. PST migration: wizard-assisted
    1.  
      About the PST Migrator wizard
    2.  
      Outline of the wizard-assisted PST migration process
    3.  
      Preparation for the wizard-assisted PST migration process
    4.  
      Migration tips for the wizard-assisted PST migration process
    5.  
      How the wizard-assisted PST migration process affects users
    6.  
      Starting the wizard-assisted PST migration process
  6. PST migration: Locate and Migrate
    1.  
      About Locate and Migrate
    2. Setting up PST Locate and Migrate
      1.  
        Administrator roles required to manage PST Locate and Migrate
      2. Configuring the holding folder for PST Locate and Migrate
        1.  
          Determining the size of the holding folder for PST Locate and Migrate
      3. Creating and configuring the PST Locator, PST Collector, and PST Migrator tasks
        1.  
          How to configure the PST Locator task
        2.  
          How to configure the PST Collector task
        3.  
          How to configure the PST Migrator task
    3. Migrating PST files using PST Locate and Migrate
      1. Running the PST Locator task to find domains and computers
        1.  
          Adding computers for PST searching
        2.  
          Switching off NetApp device identification checks by the PST Locator task
      2.  
        Selecting computers for PST searching
      3.  
        Configuring paths to include or exclude for PST searching
      4. Running the PST Locator task to find PST files
        1.  
          Adding PST files for migration
        2.  
          Editing PST file properties
      5.  
        Running the PST Collector task
      6.  
        Running the PST Migrator task
      7. PowerShell cmdlets for PST migration
        1.  
          About the PST migration cmdlets
        2.  
          Running the PST migration cmdlets
        3.  
          Using Add-EVPstComputer
        4.  
          Using Add-EVPstFile
        5.  
          Adding multiple computers or PST files
    4.  
      Excluding network shares from PST migration using the PstLocatorTask.exe.config file
    5.  
      Troubleshooting PST migration
  7. PST migration: client-driven migration
    1. About client-driven PST migration
      1.  
        Options to configure client-driven PST migration
    2.  
      Preparation for client-driven PST migration
    3.  
      Editing the PST migration messages for client-driven PST migration
    4.  
      Configuring the PST holding folder for PST client-driven migration
    5.  
      Creating a PST Migrator task for PST client-driven migration
    6. Enabling mailboxes for PST client-driven migration
      1.  
        Enabling mailboxes for PST file submission
    7.  
      Permissions required for migrating PST files stored on network drives

How to configure the PST Collector task

The PST Collector task properties include the following pages:

  • General. Properties on this page let you configure how often the task should retry a failed operation, and the number of report files to keep.

  • Settings. On this page you can configure what happens to the PST files after the task has copied them to the PST holding folder.

    • You can set the maximum number of PST files that this task is allowed to copy to the PST holding folder. This approach is one way of ensuring that the PST Migrator task empties the PST holding folder during its daily scheduled run.

      See Determining the size of the holding folder for PST Locate and Migrate.

    • If you intend to back up the PST files before migrating them, select Wait for PSTs to be backed up before migrating them and then select the appropriate option, as follows:

      • The migration status has changed to 'Ready to migrate'. Select this option to make the PST Migrator task wait until PST files have a migration status of Ready to migrate. If you choose this option, you must set this status manually on each PST file.

      • The file attribute 'Ready for archiving' has been reset. Select this option to make the PST Migrator task wait until PST files have the Ready For Archiving attribute reset. Backup applications typically perform this action.

  • Schedule. It is advisable to schedule the PST Collector task to run during normal office hours, so that it can access as many computers and PST files as possible when users' computers are switched on and connected to the internal network. If the site schedule is set to run tasks during non-office hours, you may want to override the site settings by specifying the schedule for this task.

  • Log On. The account under which the PST Collector task runs must have appropriate access to the computers and PST files to be migrated. To ensure that the task has adequate access to all the computers in the domain, you can run the task under an account that is a member of the domain administrators' group. Use the settings on the Log On page of the task properties to specify the account.

    See Administrator roles required to manage PST Locate and Migrate.