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Level 4

5 years ago

Delete a folder if present in archive

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
5 years ago
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 key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\KVS\Enterprise Vault\Storage
DWORD - DeleteEmptyFolders
Value - 1
Restart 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

VirgilDobos
Moderator
5 years ago
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 key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\KVS\Enterprise Vault\Storage
DWORD - DeleteEmptyFolders
Value - 1
Restart 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
  Level 4
  5 years ago
  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
  - Prone2Typos
    Moderator
    5 years ago
    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.
SheldonDsouza
Level 4
5 years ago
Hello AengusM
Feel free to reach out in case you want to know anything about Globanet's Classify.
You can write to sdsouza@globanet.com