Enterprise Vault™ PST Migration

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Product(s): Enterprise Vault (12.5)
  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

Tools for migrating PST files

Enterprise Vault provides the following tools for migrating the contents of PST files to archives:

  • Scripted migration using Policy Manager. This tool is useful for performing bulk migrations of PST files, but you need to collect the PST files in a central location.

    See Overview of the scripting mechanism for PST migration.

  • PST Migrator wizard-assisted migration. If you have a small number of PST files, this tool provides a quick way to migrate them to Enterprise Vault.

    See About the PST Migrator wizard.

  • Locate and Migrate. This tool locates PST files on users' computers, copies them to a central location, and then migrates them. You can configure specific paths to include or exclude during PST searching. Unless you have only a few PST files to migrate, Locate and Migrate is likely to require least effort on your part.

    See About Locate and Migrate.

  • Client-driven PST migration. This tool lets you configure users' computers to locate PST files automatically and copy them to a central PST holding folder. Enterprise Vault then migrates the PST file contents from the holding folder to Enterprise Vault archives.

    You can also decide whether you want to give users control over migrating their PST files.

    Client-driven PST migration is useful in the following situations:

    • Users' computers are available on the network only occasionally.

    • You do not have permission to access PST files on the users' computers.

    • Users need continual access to their PST files.

    See About client-driven PST migration.