Enterprise Vault™ Backup and Recovery

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Product(s): Enterprise Vault (14.0)
  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

Carrying out an environment recovery procedure

If a disaster occurs, follow these steps to recover an Enterprise Vault environment.

Note:

Unless otherwise stated, do not start any Enterprise Vault service until all the steps of this recovery procedure have been completed.

To recover an Enterprise Vault environment

  1. Restore file system backups.

  2. Restore the following Enterprise Vault databases:

    • EnterpriseVaultDirectory

    • EnterpriseVaultMonitoring

    • EnterpriseVaultAudit

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

    • Each fingerprint database

    • Each vault store database

  3. Restore vault store partitions to their original locations.
  4. Restore index volumes to their original locations.
  5. Repeat archiving operations that took place after your last backup completed.
  6. Cancel all pending items from mailboxes.
  7. Add any SharePoint targets that are missing. For each missing target, select the same vault store that was previously used.

    For more information on adding web applications or site collections as targets, see the Setting up SharePoint Server Archiving guide.