How to move Placeholders from one Server to a new Server
| Article:TECH68672 | | | Created: 2009-01-11 | | | Updated: 2010-01-05 | | | Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH68672 |
Problem
How to move Placeholders from one Server to a new Server
Solution
The process
below can be used to move 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.
1. Setup a
new File Server (FS) and install the Operating System (OS).
2. Setup a
new Directory Structure on the FS for shares and give the Vault Service Account
full access via NTFS permissions and share rights.
3. Configure
Enterprise Vault (EV) for the new FS and install the FSA agent on File
Server.
4. Setup the
Volume and Archive Points on the EV Server and perform an Initial Archiving Run
(the Placeholder move will not function correctly unless a Archiving run has
been performed).
5. Use the
fsautility to move placeholders from old server to new.
a. This
Utility can only be run on a sub-folder basis (ie..\\unc_path\subfolder\). It
cannot be run against a base volume (ie..\\unc_path) and the Destination Folder
must already exist as it will not get created by the FSAUtility.
b. Open
Command Prompt Window
c. cd to
Program Files\Enterprise Vault\
d. type
FSAUtility -m -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.
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