Veritas Enterprise Vault™ Backup and Recovery

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Product(s): Enterprise Vault (12.2)
  1. About this guide
    1. Where to get more information about Enterprise Vault
      1.  
        Enterprise Vault training modules
  2. Introduction to Enterprise Vault backup and recovery
    1.  
      About backup and recovery
  3. Backing up Enterprise Vault
    1.  
      About Enterprise Vault backups
    2.  
      About Enterprise Vault backup mode
    3. Backup of Enterprise Vault data
      1.  
        Enterprise Vault system databases backup
      2.  
        Fingerprint databases backup
      3. Vault store partitions and vault store databases backup
        1.  
          Removal of Enterprise Vault safety copies after backup
      4.  
        Backing up index locations
      5.  
        Backing up the classification policy folder
    4. About backup mode cmdlets
      1.  
        Index location backup mode cmdlet syntax
      2.  
        Vault store backup mode cmdlet syntax
    5.  
      Generating PowerShell backup commands for your environment
    6.  
      Using PowerShell cmdlets in backup scripts
  4. Enterprise Vault recovery procedures
    1.  
      About using EVSVR as part of the recovery procedure
    2. Recovering Enterprise Vault using full system backups
      1.  
        Carrying out an environment recovery procedure
    3. Recovering Enterprise Vault using data-only backups
      1.  
        Recovery procedure 1: Installing software on the servers
      2.  
        Recovery procedure 2: Restoring Enterprise Vault system databases
      3.  
        Recovery procedure 3: Renaming servers
      4.  
        Recovery procedure 4: Copy or move the Enterprise Vault data files
      5.  
        Recovery procedure 5: Clearing the directory database entries
      6.  
        Recovery procedure 6: Recreating services and tasks on the first Directory service computer
      7.  
        Recovery procedure 7: Recreating services and tasks on Enterprise Vault servers
      8.  
        Recovery procedure 8: Checking the Web Access application settings
      9.  
        Recovery procedure 9: Checking registry entries
    4.  
      Recovery of an Enterprise Vault component
    5. Recovery of Enterprise Vault in a VCS cluster
      1.  
        Recovery scenario 1: One of the cluster nodes needs rebuilding
      2.  
        Recovery scenario 2: All the cluster nodes need rebuilding
    6. Recovery of Enterprise Vault in a Windows Server failover cluster
      1.  
        Recovery scenario 1: One of the cluster nodes needs rebuilding
      2.  
        Recovery scenario 2: All the cluster nodes need rebuilding

Recovering Enterprise Vault using full system backups

If you have chosen to make an application backup of your complete Enterprise Vault environment (systems, services, and tasks), you can restore it by following the steps below.

To recover Enterprise Vault using full system backups

  1. Restore your full system backups.

  2. If services are missing from the service control panel, use one of the following procedures to run the Enterprise Vault Configuration wizard to reconstruct the service information.