Enterprise Vault™ Backup and Recovery

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Product(s): Enterprise Vault (14.2)
  1. About this guide
    1.  
      About backup and recovery
    2. Where to get more information about Enterprise Vault
      1.  
        Enterprise Vault training modules
  2. 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
      6.  
        Backing up index snapshot locations
    4. About backup mode cmdlets
      1.  
        Index location backup mode cmdlet syntax
      2.  
        Vault store backup mode cmdlet syntax
      3.  
        Index snapshot location backup mode cmdlet syntax
    5.  
      Generating PowerShell backup commands for your environment
    6.  
      Using PowerShell cmdlets in backup scripts
  3. 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

Backing up index snapshot locations

The Enterprise Vault Administrator may wish to make an independent backup of index snapshot repository or index snapshot location, so that a copy of its contents can be used to recreate the index repository to a point-in-time state later. The contents of index snapshot repository will be used to restore snapshots of index data for Elasticsearch indexes.

Enterprise Vault recommends regular backing up of index snapshot repository or index snapshot location.

Note:

If you are already using any third-party backup software to take file-system backup and you want to add index snapshot location as a part of that, ensure that you perform the following actions:

Action 1: Set that index snapshot location in backup mode using the Set-EVIndexSnapshotLocationBackupMode PowerShell command as a part of the pre-backup script.

Action 2: Clear that backup mode of index snapshot location using the Clear-EVIndexSnapshotLocationBackupMode PowerShell command as a part of the post-backup script.

To find the complete list of the index snapshot locations you must backup:

Use the command Get-EVIndexSnapshotLocation. Refer to the Enterprise Vault PowerShell Cmdlets guide for more details about the same.

Before you back up index snapshot locations, you must place them in backup mode. See About Enterprise Vault backup mode.