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McCu
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12 years ago

EmailXtender migration for a small site

I have a customer that wants to migrate from EMC EmailXtender to Enterprise Vault.  Is there a Symantec approved method for doing this rather than resorting to an expensive solution like Transvault? ...
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  • PST_Accelerator's avatar
    PST_Accelerator
    12 years ago

    How small a site are you referring to? Is it possible to export the data from the EMC EmailXtender archives to "containers" (PST Files) and import them in to EV .. If the site is small enough, and you can ensure the data owners of the data before import, it would be a very cost effective way of going about it.

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GertjanA
Moderator
12 years ago

Hi McCu.

AFAIK it is possible to restore items from EmailXtender back into the mailboxes (ie 'unshortcut'), but I am not sure about the process. The disadvantage is that you need more space for your Exchange stores.

I think it is up to you what you do.

Restoring items in the inbox, then re-archive in EV might be easiest, restoring to PST, then importing to EV might be quicker. In both cases, you need to verify if you can delete the EMC shortcuts (message class can be used to search for them (IPM.Shortcut I believe))