Delete a folder if present in archive

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I have a folder (email) in 50% of my archives that we need to delete.Any scripts or automated ways to delete the folder?Thanks

virgildobos · Accepted Answer

Hello,Have you considered this approach?First, ensure the folders are empty or delete/move all items from the folder. When the folder is empty, set the following&nbsp; key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\KVS\Enterprise Vault\StorageDWORD - DeleteEmptyFoldersValue - 1Restart Storage service. When the empty folder is deleted from the archive, the value of the key will be 0.https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100017586

aengusm · Answer

Thanks Virgil,I used that setting a few versions ago and had forgot about it.My issue is the folders have many items so they would need to be deleted first and I didnt think that was possible but I do notice now that I can probably do that by setting a retention policy with evpm against the folder and simply expire the contents ... the then delete the empty folder.Aengus

gertjana · Answer

Hello,
12.x introduced Classification and Retention Plans. That can be used to perform the task described, but requires an additional license, and some specific configuration.&nbsp;
Classify might indeed be able to do the job, but that should be checked with the vendor.
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prone2typos · Answer

I do not know who else can but I think Globanet's classify can do this. It could do this by changing a retention but I believe can also seek and destroy... it has been a while... but they should know.

gertjana · Answer

For already archived items, the retention will not change..

prone2typos · Answer

Sorry for the confusion. Classify can change he retention but I think it can directly delete too. That is what I meant.&nbsp; I think you were speaking of native funcionaltiy (although I thought 12.? introduced a similiar ability to change retention but did not follow close enough to know for sure)

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