Enterprise Vault™ PST Migration
- About this guide
- Introduction to PST migration
- PST file ownership
- PST migration: scripted
- PST migration: wizard-assisted
- About the PST Migrator wizard
- Outline of the wizard-assisted PST migration process
- Preparation for the wizard-assisted PST migration process
- Migration tips for the wizard-assisted PST migration process
- How the wizard-assisted PST migration process affects users
- Starting the wizard-assisted PST migration process
- PST migration: Locate and Migrate
- About Locate and Migrate
- Setting up PST Locate and Migrate
- Migrating PST files using PST Locate and Migrate
- Excluding network shares from PST migration using the PstLocatorTask.exe.config file
- Troubleshooting PST migration
- PST migration: client-driven migration
- About client-driven PST migration
- Preparation for client-driven PST migration
- Editing the PST migration messages for client-driven PST migration
- Configuring the PST holding folder for PST client-driven migration
- Creating a PST Migrator task for PST client-driven migration
- Enabling mailboxes for PST client-driven migration
- Permissions required for migrating PST files stored on network drives
Creating and configuring the PST Locator, PST Collector, and PST Migrator tasks
To use the PST Locate and Migrate tool, you create and configure the following tasks:
PST Locator task. This task searches your network for domains, computers, and PST files. You can configure specific paths to include or exclude during PST searching. There can be only one PST Locator task in each Enterprise Vault site. The PST Locator task is not required for client-driven PST migration.
PST Collector task. This task moves the PST files that the PST Locator task has found to a central PST holding folder, ready for them to be migrated. This task uses the migration priority of the file when it collects files. There can be many PST Collector tasks in each Enterprise Vault site, but only one PST Collector task per Enterprise Vault server. You need to configure a PST Collector task on each Enterprise Vault server that hosts archives to which you intend to migrate PST files. The PST Collector task is not required for client-driven PST migration.
PST Migrator task. This task migrates the contents of PST files that are in the PST holding folder to Enterprise Vault archives. This task uses the migration priority of the file when it migrates files. There can be many PST Migrator tasks in your Enterprise Vault site. You need to configure a PST Migrator task on each Enterprise Vault server that hosts archives to which you intend to migrate PST files.
The Locate and Migrate tasks run according to schedules that you define. However, there is also the Run Now option for each task so that you can run it immediately, if required.
To create a PST Locator task
- In the Administration Console, expand your site until the Enterprise Vault Servers container is visible.
- Expand Enterprise Vault Servers and then expand the server on which you want to add the PST Locator task.
- Right-click Tasks and then, on the shortcut menu, click New > PST Locator task.
The New PST Locator task wizard starts.
- Work through the wizard to create the task.
To create a PST Collector task
- In the Administration Console, expand your site until the Enterprise Vault Servers container is visible.
- Expand Enterprise Vault Servers and then expand the server on which you want to add the PST Collector task.
- Right-click Tasks and then, on the shortcut menu, click New > PST Collector task.
The New PST Collector task wizard starts.
- Work through the wizard.
To create a PST Migrator task
- In the Administration Console, expand your site until the Enterprise Vault Servers container is visible.
- Expand Enterprise Vault Servers and then expand the server on which you want to add the PST Migrator task.
- Right-click Tasks and then, on the shortcut menu, click New > PST Migrator task.
The New PST Migrator task wizard starts.
- Work through the wizard.
You need to supply the location of a folder that the task can use to hold temporary copies of the PST files during migration. This folder must be on a local drive. The account under which the PST Migrator task runs must have full access to the folder.
Note:
Do not change the location of this folder while the PST Migrator task runs, or while Locate and Migrate processes PST files.
After you have created a PST Locator, PST Collector, or PST Migrator task, you can configure each task using the task properties. Double-click the task to display the task properties.