Veritas Enterprise Vault™ Introduction and Planning

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Product(s): Enterprise Vault (12.2)
  1. About this guide
    1.  
      Introducing this guide
    2. Where to get more information about Enterprise Vault
      1.  
        Enterprise Vault training modules
  2. Introduction
    1. Overview of Enterprise Vault
      1. How archiving works
        1.  
          Introduction to PST files and NSF files
        2.  
          Benefits of archiving
      2.  
        How to access items in archives
      3.  
        About classification
      4.  
        About records management
      5.  
        About Compliance Accelerator and Discovery Accelerator
      6. About Enterprise Vault add-ons
        1.  
          Introduction to EnCase Ingest Connector
    2. How Enterprise Vault works
      1.  
        About single instance storage
      2. About Enterprise Vault indexing
        1.  
          About index volumes
        2.  
          About managing indexes and index volumes
      3.  
        About Index Server groups
      4.  
        About Enterprise Vault Administration Console
      5.  
        About Enterprise Vault sites, Directory, and Directory database
      6. About Enterprise Vault tasks
        1.  
          Introduction to provisioning and archiving tasks
        2.  
          Introduction to retrieval processes
        3.  
          Introduction to provisioning tasks
        4.  
          Introduction to PST migration tasks
      7. About Enterprise Vault services
        1.  
          Introduction to the Directory Service
        2.  
          Introduction to the Storage service
        3.  
          Introduction to the Indexing Service
        4.  
          Introduction to the Shopping Service
        5.  
          Introduction to the Task Controller Service
        6.  
          Introduction to the Admin Service
        7. About the Archive Discovery Search Service
          1.  
            About the Archive Discovery Search Service components
      8. About the Enterprise Vault Outlook Add-In
        1.  
          Introduction to the Outlook Add-In
        2.  
          Introduction to offline users
      9.  
        About IMAP access to Enterprise Vault archives
      10.  
        About the Enterprise Vault Client for Mac OS X
      11.  
        About Microsoft Exchange forms
      12.  
        About OWA Extensions
      13.  
        About the Office Mail App for OWA 2013 and later and Outlook 2013 and later
      14.  
        About Enterprise Vault extensions for Notes
      15. About Enterprise Vault Search
        1.  
          About Enterprise Vault Search Mobile edition
      16.  
        About Enterprise Vault monitoring and reporting
    3.  
      FIPS 140-2 compliance
  3. Enterprise Vault administration
    1.  
      About Enterprise Vault administration
    2.  
      Administration Console configuration of archiving
    3.  
      Administration accounts and roles
    4.  
      How to archive PST file contents
    5.  
      How to archive NSF file contents
    6.  
      How to export archived items
    7.  
      Welcome message and other notifications
    8. About reporting and monitoring in Enterprise Vault
      1.  
        Enterprise Vault Reporting
      2.  
        Report mode
      3.  
        Event and diagnostic logging
      4.  
        System status in the Administration Console
      5.  
        Enterprise Vault Operations Manager
      6.  
        Automatic monitoring of events and performance
      7.  
        Message queue monitoring
      8.  
        Enterprise Vault auditing
    9.  
      How to script management tasks
    10.  
      Checklist of day-to-day management tasks
  4. Exchange Server archiving
    1. About Exchange Server archiving and user mailboxes
      1.  
        Exchange Provisioning tasks
      2.  
        Exchange Mailbox Archiving tasks
      3.  
        Exchange archiving targets
      4.  
        Exchange mailbox policies
      5.  
        Exchange desktop policies
      6.  
        Exchange archiving filters
    2. Exchange Server and journal mailbox archiving
      1.  
        Exchange Server and journal filtering
      2.  
        Compliance Accelerator and Exchange journaling
    3.  
      Types of items to archive with Exchange Server archiving
  5. Exchange Public Folder archiving
    1.  
      Exchange Public Folder tasks, Targets, and Policies
    2.  
      How an Exchange Public Folder task archives
    3.  
      User access to Exchange Public Folder archives
  6. File System Archiving
    1.  
      About File System Archiving
    2.  
      About File archiving policies
    3.  
      About shortcut files with File System Archiving
    4.  
      About setting up File System Archiving
    5.  
      File System Archiving in a clustered environment
    6.  
      The process of File System Archiving
    7.  
      How File System Archiving handles older versions of archived files
    8.  
      How File System Archiving synchronizes permissions
    9.  
      File System Archiving reports
    10.  
      How to restore files with File System Archiving
    11.  
      About FSAUtility
    12.  
      How to back up and scan shortcut files with File System Archiving
    13.  
      Pass-through recall for placeholder shortcuts with File System Archiving
    14.  
      Retention Folders and File System Archiving
    15.  
      FSA Reporting
  7. Archiving Microsoft SharePoint servers
    1.  
      About archiving Microsoft SharePoint servers
    2. How to configure SharePoint archiving
      1.  
        SharePoint archiving tasks
      2.  
        SharePoint archiving targets
      3.  
        SharePoint archiving reports
      4.  
        SharePoint archiving policies
      5.  
        How to access archived SharePoint documents
      6.  
        About Enterprise Vault shortcuts in SharePoint
  8. Domino mailbox archiving
    1.  
      About Domino mailbox archiving and Enterprise Vault
    2.  
      Domino provisioning groups
    3.  
      Domino mailbox archiving tasks
    4.  
      Domino mailbox archiving policies
    5.  
      Domino mailbox archiving retention folders
    6.  
      Domino mailbox archiving desktop policies
  9. Domino Journal archiving
    1.  
      About Domino Journal archiving
    2.  
      Domino Journal archiving policies
    3.  
      Domino journal archiving database considerations
    4.  
      How to set up Domino Journal Archiving
    5.  
      Support for clustered Domino Journal databases
  10. SMTP Archiving
    1.  
      About Enterprise Vault SMTP Archiving
    2.  
      SMTP Archiving components
    3.  
      Security and authentication
    4.  
      Scalability and disaster recovery
  11. Skype for Business Archiving
    1.  
      About Skype for Business Archiving
    2.  
      About Skype for Business Archiving licensing
    3.  
      Skype for Business Archiving overview
    4.  
      Skype for Business Archiving components
  12. Enterprise Vault Accelerators
    1.  
      About the Enterprise Vault Accelerators
    2.  
      Differences between the Enterprise Vault Accelerators
    3. About Compliance Accelerator
      1.  
        Compliance Accelerator components
      2. The Compliance Accelerator client application
        1.  
          Department administration with Compliance Accelerator
        2.  
          Compliance Accelerator searches
        3.  
          Reviewing messages with Compliance Accelerator
        4.  
          Compliance Accelerator reporting
        5.  
          Exporting messages with Compliance Accelerator
      3.  
        Compliance Accelerator configuration data
    4. About Discovery Accelerator
      1.  
        The analytics facility in Discovery Accelerator
      2.  
        Discovery Accelerator components
      3. Discovery Accelerator client application
        1.  
          Case administration with Discovery Accelerator
        2.  
          Discovery Accelerator searches
        3.  
          Reviewing items with Discovery Accelerator
        4.  
          Producing and exporting items with Discovery Accelerator
      4.  
        Discovery Accelerator configuration data
  13. Building in resilience
    1. About Enterprise Vault and VCS
      1.  
        Supported VCS configurations and software
      2.  
        About Enterprise Vault and the VCS GenericService agent
      3.  
        Typical Enterprise Vault configuration in a VCS cluster
    2. About Enterprise Vault and Windows Server Failover Clustering
      1.  
        Supported Windows Server Failover Clustering configurations
      2.  
        Typical Enterprise Vault configuration in a Windows Server failover cluster
    3. About Enterprise Vault building blocks
      1.  
        Building blocks and high availability
  14. Planning component installation
    1.  
      About planning component installation
    2.  
      About valid computer names for Enterprise Vault servers
    3.  
      Prerequisites for Enterprise Vault components when planning installation
    4.  
      Factors to consider when planning deployment of Enterprise Vault components
    5.  
      Enterprise Vault Directory Service installation planning
    6. Where to set up the Enterprise Vault Services and Tasks
      1.  
        How to plan installing Exchange Mailbox Archiving Tasks
      2.  
        How to plan installing Exchange Journaling Tasks
      3.  
        How to plan installing Exchange Public Folder Tasks
      4.  
        How to plan installing Domino Journaling and Mailbox Archiving Tasks
      5.  
        How to plan installing the Move Archive task
      6.  
        How to plan installing the Storage Service
      7.  
        How to plan installing the Indexing Service
      8.  
        How to plan installing the Shopping Service
      9.  
        How to plan installing File System Archiving
      10.  
        How to plan installing SharePoint Archiving
      11.  
        How to plan installing SMTP Archiving
      12.  
        How to plan installing Accelerator Services
    7.  
      Enterprise Vault databases and planning their installation
    8.  
      Vault store groups and vault stores installation planning
    9.  
      Administration Console installation
    10. Installation planning for client components
      1.  
        Installation planning for Outlook Web App (OWA) and RPC over HTTP components
  15. Planning your archiving strategy
    1.  
      About archiving strategies
    2.  
      Where to define default settings for the Enterprise Vault Site
    3.  
      How to allow users flexibility
    4.  
      How to plan the types of items to archive
    5. How to define your archiving policy for user mailboxes
      1.  
        How to plan enabling mailboxes
      2.  
        How to plan controlling the appearance of the desktop
    6.  
      How to plan the archiving policy for journal mailboxes
    7. How to plan the archiving strategy for Exchange public folders
      1.  
        How to plan enabling public folders
    8.  
      How to plan an archiving strategy for FSA
    9.  
      How to plan a strategy for SharePoint archiving
    10. How to plan settings for retention categories
      1.  
        About retention plans
    11.  
      How to plan the automatic deletion of archived items
    12.  
      How to plan PST migration
    13.  
      How to plan NSF migration
    14.  
      How to plan shared archives
    15. How to plan vault stores and partitions
      1.  
        How to plan handling safety copies
      2.  
        How to choose a location for safety copies
    16.  
      How to plan single instance storage
    17. About Enterprise Vault reports
      1.  
        Enterprise Vault Reporting feature

How to plan PST migration

How you implement the archiving of PST files will depend on the number of files to be archived, your company policy on the use of PST files and whether users have infrequent access to a fast network connection.

There are several ways to import PST files into Enterprise Vault:

  • Wizard-assisted migration can be used for a small number of PST files.

  • Scripted migration using Enterprise Vault Policy Manager is ideal for performing bulk migrations of PST files.

  • Locate and Migrate uses Enterprise Vault Tasks to locate PST files on users' computers, copy them to a central location, and then import them. You can configure specific paths to include or exclude during PST searching. Locate and Migrate is designed to minimize the difficulties of collecting PST file from users' computers and is likely to require least effort on your part.

  • Client-driven migration is similar to Locate and Migrate but the locating of PST files and sending them to a collection location is done automatically by the user's computer and not by Enterprise Vault Server Tasks. This can be useful if, for example, there are users with laptop computers who are in the office only one or two days a week, thus making it difficult to obtain their PST files by other methods. You can also give users' control over migrating their PST files. Client-driven migration needs to be enabled in the Administration Console.

To aid PST migration you can configure desktop clients so that, when a user starts Outlook, the client writes a marker into each PST file that is listed in the mail profile. When a marked PST file is subsequently imported, the marker indicates the owning mailbox.

PST migration is described in the PST Migration guide.

When planning PST migration, take the following points into consideration:

  • Do not enable PST migration for all users at the same time. Migrate the PST files for a small group of users and then move onto the next group.

  • A typical rate of PST migration is 2 GB/hour.

  • An administrator has to allow each PST file before it can be imported.

  • It is important that the language setting in the properties for each PST is correct before the PST is imported.