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How to migrate Placeholders from one File Server to a new File Server

Article: 100020420
Last Published: 2015-06-30
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Product(s): Enterprise Vault

Problem

How to migrate Placeholders from one File Server to a new File Server

Solution

The process below can be used to migrate Placeholders to a new File Server due to a hardware change. The data on the File Server (including the Placeholders) can be backed up and then restored onto the new File Server and all archived files will open correctly as long as the File System Archiving (FSA) agent is installed again and the new server retains the same name as the old. Not all Backup software can properly backup Placeholders and the use of the FSAUtility to recreate Placeholders may be necessary. The command to recreate Placeholders would be as followed
FSAUtility -c -s \\unc_path_name\folder_name
In the event that a new server needs to be brought online and the NetBIOS name changed then the fsautility will have to be used to correctly move the Placeholders from the old File Server to the new File Server. Perform the following steps to properly move the Placeholders between servers.
Note : that the below steps are only required if the file server name is different than the source file server.
  1. Setup the new file server with compatible Operating System (OS).
     
  2. Setup the destination share on the new file server and give the Vault Service Account full access via NTFS permissions and share rights.
     
  3. Add the new file server as an Enterprise Vault target and install the FSA agent on File Server.
     
  4. Add the Volume Target inside the new File server.
     
  5. Use the FSAUtility to migrate placeholders from old file server to new.
     
  6. Open Command Prompt Window, go to the Enterprise Vault installation directory and type the following command:

    > FSAUtility -pm -s \\unc_path_source -d \\unc_path_destination
     

This will be all that is necessary to get this done. As stated above if keeping the same name it will be much easier to Backup the data and Placeholder (if possible) and then restore back onto the new server.

For more information about the FSAUtility -pm command, refer to the below article.
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/122261504-122261508-0/v40198744-122261508


Migrating and Consolidating File Servers with Enterprise Vault
https://isearch.veritas.com/internal-search/en_US/article.100004422.html

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