Hotfix for Enterprise Vault (tm) for File System Archiving (FSA) 7.0 SP1, Build 2002 , When using FSA to archive data, the archive run will fail and the following error is reported: "Exception of type System.OutOfMemoryException was thrown". The FSA Archiving task process fails with "out of memory error".

Article:TECH51245  |  Created: 2007-01-03  |  Updated: 2007-01-01  |  Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH51245
Article Type
Technical Solution


Environment

Problem



Hotfix for Enterprise Vault (tm) for File System Archiving (FSA) 7.0 SP1, Build 2002 , When using FSA to archive data, the archive run will fail and the following error is reported: "Exception of type System.OutOfMemoryException was thrown". The FSA Archiving task process fails with "out of memory error".

Solution



To which versions of Symantec Enterprise Vault (tm) can this hotfix be applied?
Enterprise Vault 7.0 SP1 (7.0.1.2002)


What issues does this hotfix resolve?
When attempting to archive a file system containing a large number of items e.g. several million items the FSA Archiving task process fails with 'out of memory error'. During the archiving run, monitoring the FSA Archiving task process shows the process handle count to continually increase.

Reason:
A memory leak has been identified in the underlying Storage component EVStgAPI code that processes File based savesets which has now been fixed by this hotfix.


Which file does this hotfix replace?
EVStgAPI.dll     7.0.1.2006


How to install this hotfix
These instructions are intended for installing this hotfix on a Enterprise Vault 7.0 SP1 Server system. This fix does not need to be installed on the file server being archived, only the Enterprise Vault server.

1.Backup original copies of the above file on the Enterprise Vault 7.0 SP1 server system.
2.Stop all the Enterprise Vault services.
3.Replace and/or copy the above file in the Enterprise Vault installation directory.
4.Restart the Enterprise Vault services


How to uninstall this hotfix
Copy the files from the safe location back to their original location. These files will be copied over the hotfix files.


Note: This issue has been addressed as part of the following release:

Enterprise Vault 7.0 SP2


Supplemental Materials

SourceETrack
Value999698
DescriptionWhen attempting to archive a large amount of files an out-of-memory error is reported

SourceETrack
Value1003101
DescriptionWhen attempting to archive a large amount of files an out-of-memory error is generated.


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288061


Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH51245


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