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Ratt_507
Level 4
7 years ago

EV Retention Category Issue

I have EV 11.0.1 & EMC Centera, Retention Category 6 months for items stored on EV and having Centera Settings:- =======================================================================================...
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    GertjanA
    7 years ago

    Hello again.

    Using a Centera complicates life a bit, but here is my attempt for explanation.

    You define in EV a retention category (A=6months). You store that on Centera, which has a Retention Class of 1 year. If EV starts expiring items after 6 months, the Centera probably does not allow removal of the item, until after a year. This means the items are removed from the indexes after 6 months, but not from the Centera. this will fill your EV eventlog with warnings (items cannot be deleted from storage due to retention setting or something like that).

    If you change retention category A in EV to 1 month, it will apply to ALL items, including those already archived. The Centera retention doesn't change. If you create a NEW retention category (B=1month), then items archived with that B category get a month, the rest keeps 6 months.

    In regards to the Centera, it depends on what compliance level is chosen (complianc lock is not changeable), but that is somethign DELL EMC can assist with.

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GertjanA
Moderator

Hello again.

Using a Centera complicates life a bit, but here is my attempt for explanation.

You define in EV a retention category (A=6months). You store that on Centera, which has a Retention Class of 1 year. If EV starts expiring items after 6 months, the Centera probably does not allow removal of the item, until after a year. This means the items are removed from the indexes after 6 months, but not from the Centera. this will fill your EV eventlog with warnings (items cannot be deleted from storage due to retention setting or something like that).

If you change retention category A in EV to 1 month, it will apply to ALL items, including those already archived. The Centera retention doesn't change. If you create a NEW retention category (B=1month), then items archived with that B category get a month, the rest keeps 6 months.

In regards to the Centera, it depends on what compliance level is chosen (complianc lock is not changeable), but that is somethign DELL EMC can assist with.