How to enable Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) to be displayed as a storage type option in Enterprise Vault

Description

Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) has been certified as a storage device for Enterprise Vault version 10.0 and later. It is included in the list of available storage types from Enterprise Vault 12.1. If you are using an earlier release, follow these instructions to add ECS to the list of available storage types.

Requirements

• Download the file EVExtendedSettings.txt and rename it to EVExtendedSettings.xml

• Install the latest supported version of the ECS streamer (installer provided by Dell EMC).

Enterprise Vault Versioning Requirements

• Dell EMC ECS for Enterprise Vault 10 – Requires EVExtendedSettings.xml to be installed using instructions detailed in this article. 
• Dell EMC ECS for Enterprise Vault 11 – Requires EVExtendedSettings.xml to be installed using instructions detailed in this article.
• Dell EMC ECS for Enterprise Vault 12.0.x – Requires the initial steps below to be performed prior to installing EVExtendedSettings.xml (using instructions detailed in this article).

Initial steps for Enterprise Vault 12.0.x only
 
Important: The following steps must be performed before installing the new EVExtendedSettings.XML. Failure to do so could result in unexpected behavior with Enterprise Vault. Please contact Veritas Support if you require assistance with these steps.

Note: You must have access to the Enterprise Vault Directory database, and permissions to remove existing entries.

1. Open SQL Server Management Studio.
2. On the toolbar, click New Query.
3. Enter the following script:
   use EnterpriseVaultDirectory
delete from SettingType where settingSectionId = 89
delete from SettingSection where settingSectionId = 89
delete from SettingType where settingTypeId = 1222
GO
4. Click Execute.

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​ Steps to add ECS to Enterprise Vault

1. Install the latest supported version of the ECS streamer on all the Enterprise Vault storage servers that will use ECS as storage.
2. Note: The remaining steps are required on only one Enterprise Vault server in the site.
3. Open Windows Explorer, and then navigate to <Program Files (x86)>\Enterprise Vault\InitialConfigurationData\en\Policies.
4. Make a copy of the existing EVExtendedSettings.xml
5. Replace EVExtendedSettings.xml with the version attached to this article (as aforementioned get the file renamed from EVExtendedSettings.txt to EVExtendedSettings.xml). It is important to save the file as an XML file. Do not edit the file.
6. Update or create the registry String value: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\KVS\Enterprise Vault\Admin\PopulateExtendedSettingTypes to 1
7. Close and then relaunch the Enterprise Vault Administration Console.
8. Navigate to Policies - Exchange.
9. Right-click Exchange, and then click Populate Setting Types:
    
   A message is displayed that indicates that the SettingsType table in the Directory database has been successfully populated.
10. Make sure the SQL queries are returning the new Settings
    use EnterpriseVaultDirectory
select * from SettingType where settingSectionId = 89
select * from SettingSection where settingSectionId = 89
select * from SettingType where settingTypeId = 1222
GO     
11. 
12. Restart the storage service on all Enterprise Vault storage servers that will use EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) as storage. Now, when configuring a partition, EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) is displayed as a storage type: 

EVExtendedSettings.txt0.2082 MB