Getting Started - File Archiver Archive

What Gets Archived What Does Not Get Archived
Local Volumes Encrypted Files
Local Files and Folders Files with extensions *.dll, *.bat, *.exe, *.cur, *.ico, and *.lnk
Mount points to volumes Sparse Files
  The following Bull software folders cannot be archived:
  • Install directory
  • Job Results directory
  • Log files directory
  • Index cache directory
  Alias mount points to drive letter volumes.
  /etc system directory
  Files residing in the SIS Common store (Windows Single Instance Storage)
  Files from Resilient File System (ReFS) volumes on Windows Server 2012 computers

Perform an Archive

After configuring a subclient and a storage policy, you are ready to perform your first archive job. The following section provides step-by-step instructions for performing your first archive:

1.
  • From the CommCell Console, navigate to Client Computers | File Archiver | <instance_name> | defaultArchiveSet.  
  • Right-click the Subclient you created during configuration and click Archive.
2.
  • Select Immediate to run the job immediately.
  • Click OK.
3. You can track the progress of the job from the Job Controller or Event Viewer window of the CommCell console.
4. Once the archive process is complete, you can view stubs of the files that were archived.
5.
  • Once job is complete, view the details of job from the Archive Job History. Right-click the subclient and select View Archived History.
  • Click OK.

 
6.
  • You can view a list of the files archived during the archive job.
  • Right-click the job.
  • Click View Archived File List.