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

Vault store backup mode cmdlet syntax

The syntax is the same for all three vault store backup mode cmdlets. For example:

Clear-VaultStoreBackupMode [-Name] <String> [-EVServerName] <String> [-EvObjectType] <EVObjectType> [<CommonParameters>]

The following examples show how Clear-VaultStoreBackupMode is used to decrement the backup mode count on vault stores and vault store groups:

  • Clear-VaultStoreBackupMode VS1 EVServer VaultStore

    This command decrements the backup mode count on vault store VS1.

  • Clear-VaultStoreBackupMode VSG1 EVServer VaultStoreGroup

    This command decrements the backup mode count on all the vault stores in vault store group VSG1.

  • Clear-VaultStoreBackupMode Site1 EVServer Site

    This command decrements the backup mode count on all the vault stores in Site1.

In all cases you must provide the name of the server that owns the vault stores or site, and specify the object type. These parameters allow the cmdlet to find the correct ID.

You must provide the parameters in the order that is shown if you omit the parameter names. However, if you provide parameter names, you can use them in any order. For example:

Clear-VaultStoreBackupMode -EVServerName EVServer -EVObjectType VaultStore -Name VS1

If you know the ID of the vault store, vault store group or site, you can use the following syntax to decrement the backup mode count:

Clear-VaultStoreBackupMode -EntryId <String> [<CommonParameters>]

For example:

Clear-VaultStoreBackupMode -EntryId 1F3C7910CD579234AB8EB207F0ECEBCE91210000EVServer.Domain1.local

This command decrements the backup mode count on the object that has the specified ID. Specify the ID of a vault store to decrement the backup mode count on that vault store. Specify the ID of a vault store group or a site to decrement the backup mode count on all its associated vault stores.

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

Clear-VaultStoreBackupMode EV1 -ForceClearBackupMode 1

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

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