Enterprise Vault™ Setting up File System Archiving (FSA)

To configure deletion of archived files on placeholder deletion for Celerra/VNX devices

1. Configure a target volume under the target Celerra/VNX device whose share points to the root of the file system.
2. Apply an archiving policy to the root volume in which the setting Delete archived file when placeholder is deleted is selected on the Shortcuts tab.

   Note that this root volume policy setting controls the deletion of archived files on placeholder deletion for all of the Celerra/VNX file system:

   • If you configure any additional target volumes that point to specific folders in the same Celerra/VNX file system, Enterprise Vault ignores the policy setting that applies to the folder volume.

   • Enterprise Vault ignores the "Delete archived file when placeholder is deleted" policy setting in any folder policies that apply to target folders.

3. Enable FileMover logging on the Celerra/VNX device. Logging must be enabled for file deletion to work. You can test whether logging is enabled from the EMC Celerra tab in the properties of the Celerra/VNX target volume.

   Note:

   Enterprise Vault performs archived file deletion for all of the placeholder deletions that are listed in the log. The file deletion occurs even if the placeholder deletion took place before you applied the "Delete archived file when placeholder is deleted" policy setting. If possible, do not enable FileMover logging before you apply the policy setting.

4. Set the DeleteOnDelete registry value on the Enterprise Vault server whose File System Archiving task processes the root volume.

   Set the value as follows:

   • Start the Windows registry editor regedit on the Enterprise Vault server.

   • Find the following registry key:

     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
      \SOFTWARE
       \Wow6432Node
        \KVS
         \Enterprise Vault
          \FSA
           \ArchivedFilesFlags

     You must create the ArchivedFilesFlags key if it does not exist.

   • Create a DWORD registry value named DeleteOnDelete under the ArchivedFilesFlags key, if this registry value does not already exist.

   • Give DeleteOnDelete a value of 1. This value means "Delete an archived Celerra/VNX file when its placeholder is deleted".

     Alternatively you can turn off Celerra/VNX archived file deletion on placeholder deletion by setting this value to 0.

   • Save the changes and quit the registry editor.

5. Restart the Enterprise Vault Admin service on the Enterprise Vault server, to activate the registry change.
6. On the properties of the File System Archiving task, configure the daily deletion schedule for the archived files whose placeholders were deleted.

   See Scheduling the deletion of archived files on placeholder deletion for Dell EMC Celerra/VNX.