Enterprise Vault™ Installing and Configuring
- About this guide
- Section I. Enterprise Vault requirements
- Enterprise Vault hardware requirements
- Hardware requirements for Enterprise Vault server
- About the storage requirements for Enterprise Vault
- Storage for vault stores
- Storage requirements for SQL databases
- Enterprise Vault required software and settings
- Basic software requirements for Enterprise Vault
- Best practice settings for Enterprise Vault servers
- Preinstallation tasks for Enterprise Vault server
- About assigning permissions and roles in SQL databases
- Additional requirements for Operations Manager
- Additional requirements for classification
- Additional requirements for Enterprise Vault Reporting
- Additional requirements for Exchange Server archiving
- Preinstallation tasks for Exchange server archiving
- Assigning Exchange Server permissions to the Vault Service account
- Enterprise Vault client access with Exchange Server archiving
- Requirements for RPC over HTTP
- Additional requirements for Domino Server archiving
- Requirements for Domino mailbox archiving
- Register the Enterprise Vault Domino Gateway
- About the user ID for Domino mailbox archiving
- Requirements for Domino journaling archiving
- Additional requirements for File System Archiving (FSA)
- Additional requirements for SharePoint Server archiving
- Additional requirements for Skype for Business Archiving
- Additional requirements for SMTP Archiving
- Additional requirements for Enterprise Vault Search
- Additional requirements for a standalone Enterprise Vault Administration Console
- Additional requirements for the Archive Discovery Search Service
- Enterprise Vault hardware requirements
- Section II. Installing Enterprise Vault
- Section III. Configuring Enterprise Vault
- About configuring Enterprise Vault
- Running the Enterprise Vault configuration wizard
- Securing Enterprise Vault Web Access components
- Running the Enterprise Vault Getting Started wizard
- About the express and custom modes of the Enterprise Vault Getting Started wizard
- About indexing configuration with the Enterprise Vault Getting Started wizard
- About storage configuration with the Enterprise Vault Getting Started wizard
- Configuring Enterprise Vault Operations Manager
- Configuring the Archive Discovery Search Service
- Section IV. Initial Enterprise Vault setup
- Initial Enterprise Vault setup
- Setting up storage
- About Enterprise Vault single instance storage
- About creating vault stores
- About Enterprise Vault safety copies
- About Enterprise Vault safety copies
- Creating vault store partitions
- Adding index locations
- Setting up Index Server groups
- Do I need to create Index Server groups?
- Reviewing the default settings for the site
- Setting up Enterprise Vault Search
- Setting up provisioning groups for Enterprise Vault Search
- Configuring user browsers for Enterprise Vault Search
- Setting up Enterprise Vault Search Mobile edition
- Managing metadata stores
- Section V. Clustering Enterprise Vault with VCS
- Introducing clustering with VCS
- Installing and configuring Storage Foundation HA for Windows
- Configuring the VCS service group for Enterprise Vault
- Running the Enterprise Vault Configuration wizard
- Setting up Enterprise Vault in an active/passive VCS configuration
- About setting up Enterprise Vault in a VCS N+1 configuration
- Implementing an SFW HA-VVR disaster recovery solution with Enterprise Vault
- Troubleshooting clustering with VCS
- Section VI. Clustering Enterprise Vault with Windows Server Failover Clustering
- Introducing clustering with Windows Server Failover Clustering
- Control of Enterprise Vault services in a Windows Server failover cluster
- Preparing to cluster with Windows Server Failover Clustering
- Configuring Enterprise Vault in a Windows Server failover cluster
- Setting up a new Enterprise Vault installation with Windows Server Failover Clustering support
- Examples of Enterprise Vault installations in various Windows Server Failover Clustering modes
- Converting an existing Enterprise Vault installation to a Windows Server failover cluster
- Modifying an existing Enterprise Vault cluster
- Troubleshooting clustering with Windows Server Failover Clustering
- Introducing clustering with Windows Server Failover Clustering
- Appendix A. Automatically preparing an Enterprise Vault server
Creating vault store partitions
Note:
If you want to use the Enterprise Vault classification feature then you may want to create smart partitions as well as, or instead of, standard vault store partitions.
See Setting up smart partitions.
Except where noted below, smart partitions are almost identical to standard vault store partitions.
Vault store partitions can be placed on different physical disks and on various types of storage medium. For example, you can create partitions on local NTFS volumes, NetApp filers, Dell EMC Centera devices, or streamer storage devices. For a full list of supported devices, see the Enterprise Vault Compatibility Charts.
When deciding on the location for a partition, do not choose the location of an existing partition, or a location that includes any folders that are associated with an existing partition. Take particular care to avoid the overlap of partition folders when using network shares or mount points. You may suffer data loss if a folder is associated with more than one partition.
Note:
You are recommended not to use disk quota and File Server Resource Manager quotas for vault store partitions.
Enterprise Vault assumes that the partition root path is empty. Do not use the root path to hold files or folders other than those that Enterprise Vault creates.
If you plan to store items indefinitely on a WORM storage device, then ensure that the retention settings on the device are correctly configured.
See Preparing WORM storage devices.
If you plan to create a vault store partition on a storage device that supports the Enterprise Vault storage streamer API, then ensure that the appropriate storage device software is installed on the Enterprise Vault storage servers. Install the storage device software on all the Enterprise Vault storage servers that manage the partitions in the vault store group.