Enterprise Vault™ Backup and Recovery

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Product(s): Enterprise Vault (12.3)
  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
    4. About backup mode cmdlets
      1.  
        Index location backup mode cmdlet syntax
      2.  
        Vault store 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

Recovery procedure 2: Restoring Enterprise Vault system databases

Restore the following Enterprise Vault databases:

  • EnterpriseVaultDirectory

  • EnterpriseVaultMonitoring

  • EnterpriseVaultAudit

  • Each FSA Reporting database you have set up, if you use FSA Reporting.

  • Fingerprint databases

  • Vault store databases

If you have restored EnterpriseVaultMonitoring or the FSA Reporting databases to a SQL server other than the one that previously hosted them, you must update the Directory database.

To update the monitoring settings in the Directory database

  • On the SQL server that hosts the Directory database, run the following SQL script:
    USE EnterpriseVaultDirectory
    UPDATE MonitoringSettings 
    SET SQLServer = 'SQL_server_name'

    Where SQL_server_name is the name of the new SQL server.

To update the FSA reporting settings in the Directory database

  1. On the SQL server that hosts the Directory database, run the following SQL script to determine which SQL server hosted each FSA Reporting database:
    USE EnterpriseVaultDirectory
    Select SQLServer,DatabaseName From FSAReportingDatabase
  2. Run the following SQL script:
    USE EnterpriseVaultDirectory
    UPDATE FSAReportingDatabase 
    SET SQLServer = 'SQL_server_name'
    WHERE DatabaseName = 'FSA_reporting_database_name'

    Where:

    • SQL_server_name is the name of the new SQL server.

    • FSA_reporting_database_name is the name of the FSA Reporting database that you restored.