Enterprise vault archived data size is decreasing unevenlly

Hi, 

So the options are storage expiry, archive deletion or end user item deletion.

So you could export the usage.asp data , where it breaks down on an archive by archive basis and do that for a couple of weeks, that'll give a clue as to the nature of the datasize change.

Alternatively I think there is auditing for deletion and you could enable that and review it?

Mike

Hello,

Which EV Version? What storage device(s) are you using?

Are you 100% sure no Expiry is running? If you check the eventlog, look for event 7085. That is the event which logs expired items. Are you using Collect and Migrate? i.e. creating CAB files, and moving these to secondary storage. or just keeping the CAB files on the same storage? Are you allowing your users deleting items from archive?

Below is a powershell script (which works in EV12, not sure about earlier versions) to get item count for all archives. You can put the output in excel for a few days, then check which archive(s) are 'loosing' items. Put the whole in a .ps1 file an an EV server, open powershell (the normal powershell, not the EV shell), and run the below. I placed mine in folder D:\TEMP\GetArchiveItemCount folder, change to your needs.

$cmapi = New-Object -ComObject EnterpriseVault.ContentManagementAPI
$as = $cmapi.Archives
$as.Computer = "localhost"
$as.Get()

$as | Format-Table Name, ItemCount > D:\TEMP\GetArchiveItemCount\archivelist.txt