You can configure Exchange Compliance Archiver to only archive messages that are
older than a specified date or after a specified dates described in the
following sections.
The Exchange Compliance Archiver discovers and archives Journaling mailboxes
defined through the Exchange Server. (The journal mailbox captures new incoming
and outgoing messages.) If you want to archive messages that exist outside of
the journal mailbox, i.e., messages that were sent and/or delivered before
archives of the journal began or mailboxes configured using Premium Journaling
then you must archive the non-journaling mailboxes on the server.
Once the option is configured, you will be able to discover all mailboxes and
add them as subclient content to be archived.
Make sure that the Delete Archived messages
after successful archive operations option is not selected when
configuring subclient content for this operation. Otherwise, all of the
messages that are archived will be deleted from the mailboxes. This
option should only be selected when archiving journaling mailboxes.
Use the following steps to enable
this option.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers.
By default, the Mailboxes whose user accounts are disabled from the Active Directory are not
archived. To
include them in the archive operation, follow the steps given below:
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers | <Client>
|
Right-click the < Exchange Compliance Archiver>, point to
All Tasks, and
then click New Subclient.
In the Subclient Name box, type a name.
Click the Storage Device tab, in the Storage Policy box,
select a Storage policy, and then click OK.
Click the Content tab, and then click Configure.
Click Discover. The mailboxes will be displayed.
Assign the mailbox to the subclient by clicking the Subclient
column and selecting one from the drop-down list. Alternatively, you
can assign all Mailboxes to one subclient in Change all selected
mailboxes to box.
You can also apply regular expressions or wildcards patterns to filter
folders in mailboxes from data protection. For example, you may want to
exclude all Sent Items folders that are not essential for recovery. The
pattern you enter will be applied to all content defined for the subclient.
wildcard examples
example
description
Sent*
To filter out a folder which
begins with
Sent, specify the name of the folder and the asterisk *
wildcard with no delimiters.
Sent Items\test*
To filter out a subfolder
called test, specify the full path including the leader \
backslash.
*\test*
To filter out any path that
ends in a folder name, use the full path including the leader \
backslash and the asterisk * wildcard for the first level.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers | <Client>
| Exchange Compliance Archiver.
Right-click the Subclient, and then click
Properties.
Click the Filters tab.
Click Add next
to Exclude the folders that contain the following patterns.
Type the regular expressions or wildcard patterns, each on a separate line. For a
comprehensive wildcard list, see
Wildcards.
It may be necessary to specify additional domain names for Archives in the
following circumstances:
The Exchange Server is installed in a different domain from the schema
master.
Multiple domain controllers exist that may not replicate to each other.
To ensure complete protection in these circumstances, perform the following.
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the Exchange Compliance Archiver client, and
then click Properties.
Click the AD Server tab.
To include a domain name, click Add.
In the AD Server box, type the domain name. You can enter an IP
address or the fully-qualified domain name of the Active Directory Server.
Depending on the circumstances discussed above, the domains to include
should be:
The schema master, or
Each domain controller in your environment
Click
OK. The domain name will appear in the AD Server List.
Repeat the previous step for each domain name that you wish to include.
A Comma Separated Value Directory Exchange (CSVDE)
filtering option is provided to increase performance for auto-discovery
operations in cases where the discovery process may take a long time to
complete.
A CSVDE filtering example is provided below, which will filter out system
mailboxes residing on the SERVERNAME server from discovery operations for
these agents:
Use of this option requires expert-level knowledge of CSVDE,
which is a Microsoft tool used for extracting and filtering information from
Active Directory. Familiarity with constructing LDAP queries is beneficial for
successful filtering. Incorrect use of the CSVDE filtering option can result in
failed discovery and data protection operations. For more information on CSVDE,
refer to documentation from Microsoft Corporation.
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the Exchange Mailbox
Archiver client, and then click Properties.
Select the Use CSVDE
For Discovery checkbox, and then specify the desired CSVDE filter in the
Use CSVDE for Discovery box.
Click OK.
The next time a discovery operation is run, the user-specified CSVDE filter will be used.
There are several configurable properties available for your agent that can be
modified from the agent or subclient level as per your need.
It is recommended that that you do not modify the properties of a subclient when a job is in progress for that specific subclient. If
a job is in progress, either wait for the job to complete or kill the job from the
Job Controller.
The following table describes the properties that can be configured from the agent and subclient levels.
Option
Description
Related topics
Change the Profile
Name
You can modify the profile that is associated with the appropriate
Administrator Mailbox.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computes|
<Client>.
Right-click the Exchange Compliance Archiver, and then click Properties.
In the Profile Name box, type the profile name.
Click OK.
Change the Mailbox
Name
You can modify the name of the mailbox that is associated with the
appropriate Administrator profile.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computes|
<Client>.
Right-click the Exchange Compliance Archiver, and then click Properties.
In the Mailbox Name box, type the mailbox name.
Click OK.
Change the Exchange Server
Name
You can modify the name of the Exchange Server that is installed on the
client computer. However, the Exchange
server name should not be the same as Client or Host Name.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computes|
<Client>.
Right-click the Exchange Compliance Archiver, and then click
Properties.
In the Exchange Server Name box, type the Exchange Server
name.
Click OK.
Change the Exchange Version
You can select and modify the version of the Exchange Server from the
list.
You can modify the name of the Exchange Server that is installed on the
client computer. However, the Exchange
server name should not be the same as Client or Host Name.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computes|
<Client>.
Right-click the Exchange Compliance Archiver, and then click
Properties.
In the ExchangeVersion list, select the Exchange
server version.
Click OK.
Change User Account Details
You must have Exchange administrator privileges to access the Exchange Server and
perform Archive and restore operations.
In the case of Archive and restore operations from the CommCell Console,
the user credentials to access the Exchange Server are provided initially
when you installed the Agent. You can modify the user credentials from CommCell
Console.
On Windows clients, use
<domain>\<administrator_name>
To change the Exchange administrator account information associated
with this agent:
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computes|
<Client>.
Right-click the Exchange Compliance Archiver, and then click
Properties.
Click Change Account.
In Exchange Administrator Account
box type the
Account name.
Inthe Password box, type Password
In the Confirm Password box, type the password again.
Click OK.
Change Storage Policies
You can modify the
storage policies in any of the following situations:
To include a different media for the backup operation.
To use a storage policy with a different retention criteria.
You can change the storage policies from the subclient level.
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient.
Click Properties.
Click Storage Device.
Select the Storage policy from the drop-down menu.
You can efficiently configure the available resources for transferring data secured
by data protection operations from the subclient level. This includes the following:
Enable or disable Data Compression either on the client or the MediaAgent.
Configure the transfer of data in the network using the options for Network
Bandwidth Throttling and Network Agents.
You can configure the data transfer options.
From the CommCell Browser,right-click the subclient.
Click Properties.
Click Storage Device.
Click Data Transfer Option tab.
Choose the appropriate software compression option for this subclient.
Select Throttle Network Bandwidth and set the required bandwidth.
You can view the data paths associated with the primary
storage policy copy of the selected storage policy or incremental storage
policy. You can also modify the data paths including their priority from
the subclient level.
From the CommCell browser, right-click the subclient.
Click Properties.
Click Storage Device.
Select Storage Policy from the drop-down menu.
Click Data Paths.
Configure a Subclient for Pre/Post Processing of Data
Protection
You can add, modify or view Pre/Post processes for the
subclient. These are batch files or shell scripts that you can run before
or after certain job phases.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computes|
<Client> | Exchange Compliance Archiver
Right-click the Subclient, and then click Properties.
Click the Pre/Post Process tab.
Click one of the following phases and type the full path of the
process that you want to execute during that phase. Alternatively, click
Browse to locate the process (applicable only for paths that
do not contain any spaces).
Pre-Archive
Post-Archive
Click OK.
Select Run Post archive Process for all attempts to run a
post archive process for all attempts.
For subclients on Windows platforms, Run As displays
Not Selected.
If you want to change the account that has permission
to run these commands, click Change.
In the User Account dialog box, select Use Local System
Account, or select Impersonate User and enter the user
name and password. Click OK.
If you selected Local System Account, click OK to the
message advising you that commands using this account have rights
to access all data on the client computer.
You can configure user security from the agent or subclient
level.
You can perform the following functions:
Identify the user groups to which this CommCell object is associated.
Associate this object with a user group.
Disassociate this object from a user group.
From the CommCell browser, right-click the subclient.
Click Properties.
Click Security.
Select the appropriate user groups to
which you want to associate to the CommCell object from the Available
Groups pane, and then move the user group to the Associated Groups
pane.
You can enable data encryption from the suclient level.Encryption must be enabled at the client level prior to configuring any
instances residing on that client.
From the CommCell browser, right-click the subclient.
The Version tab, at the Agent level displays the
software version of
the component.
From the CommCell browser, right-click the agent.
Click Properties.
Click Version.
Click OK.
CommCell Configuration Report
The CommCell Configuration Report provides the properties of the
CommServe, MediaAgents, clients, agents, SRM agents, subclients, and
storage policies within the CommCell based on the selected filter
criteria.
The following sections describe the steps involved in deleting an agent or subclient.
When you delete an instance or archiveset,
the associated data is logically deleted and you can no longer access the
corresponding data from CommCell Console for recovery purposes.
You need to uninstall or DeConfigure the agent software from the client
computer before deleting from CommCell Browser. After you delete the client software, you can either leave the corresponding
data
intact for appropriate action or you can remove the data immediately. If you choose
to remove the data immediately, you must delete the agent from the CommCell
Browser. If you delete the agent, all of the agent's data is irretrievably
lost.
You cannot delete an agent while operations for that agent are
running.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers | <Client>.
Right-click the <Agent>, and then click Delete.
A confirmation message is displayed with the following message:
This operation will permanently delete the data
backed up from this level and it cannot be restored.
Click OK to continue with the deletion operation., or click No to
abort the deletion.