Enterprise Vault™ Backup and Recovery

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Product(s): Enterprise Vault (15.0)
  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

Index snapshot location backup mode cmdlet syntax

The syntax is the same for all three index snapshot location backup mode cmdlets. For example:

Set-EVIndexSnapshotLocationBackupMode [-SiteId <String>] [-EVServerName <String>] [-Path <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

The following examples show how Set- EVIndexSnapshotLocationBackupMode is used to increment the backup mode count on index snapshot locations:

Set- EVIndexSnapshotLocationBackupMode EVServer

This command increments the backup mode count on all the index snapshot locations that are associated with server EVServer.

Set-IndexLocationBackupMode EVServer -Path e:\indexsnapshotlocation

This command increments the backup mode count on index snapshot location e:\indexsnapshotlocation

Set-EVIndexSnapshotLocationBackupMode -SiteId 17EEC4C7A9E1E4540AE93FC7B20C6A7311d10000evserver.earth.local -EVServerName EVServer

Increments the backup mode count of all index snapshot locations configured on the Enterprise Vault index server EVServer in the Enterprise Vault site 17EEC4C7A9E1E4540AE93FC7B20C6A7311d10000evserver.earth.local.

Clear- EVIndexSnapshotLocationBackupMode uses the same syntax to decrement the backup mode count on index snapshot locations. It also has an additional parameter which you can use to forcibly clear backup mode from index snapshot locations. For example:

Clear-EVIndexSnapshotLocationBackupMode -EVServerName evserver.earth.local -ForceClearBackupMode

This command forcibly clears backup mode from all the index snapshot locations configured on the Enterprise Vault index server evserver.earth.local. Clear- EVIndexSnapshotLocationBackupMode ignores the existing backup mode count and sets it to 0.

Get- EVIndexSnapshotLocationBackupMode also uses the same syntax to report current backup mode settings.

Note:

Enterprise Vault recommends that you set up and clear the backup mode at the Enterprise Vault site level.