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

Index location backup mode cmdlet syntax

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

Set-IndexLocationBackupMode [-EVServerName] <String> [[-IndexRootPath] <String>] [-EVSiteName <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

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

  • Set-IndexLocationBackupMode EVServer

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

  • Set-IndexLocationBackupMode EVServer -IndexRootPath f:\indexing\index0

    This command increments the backup mode count on index location f:\indexing\index0.

  • Set-IndexLocationBackupMode EVServer -EVSiteName Site1

    This command increments the backup mode count on all the index locations in Site1.

In all cases, you must specify the name of the server that owns the index location or site so the cmdlet can find its ID.

If you know the ID of the index location, site or server, you can use the following syntax to increment the backup mode count:

Set-IndexLocationBackupMode [-EntryId <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

For example:

Set-IndexLocationBackupMode -EntryId 1F3C7910CD579234AB8EB207F0ECEBCE91210000EVServer.Domain1.local

This command increments the backup mode count on the object that has the specified ID. Specify the ID of an index location to increment the backup mode count on that index location. Specify the ID of a server or a site to increment the backup mode count on all its associated index locations.

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

Clear-IndexLocationBackupMode EV1 -ForceClearBackupMode 1

This command forcibly clears backup mode from all the index locations associated with server EV1. Clear-IndexLocationBackupMode ignores the existing backup mode count and sets it to 0.

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