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ANDREY_FYODOROV
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15 years ago
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Move Archive Wizard - reliable?

Hello. I have EV v9.0

 

We have a lot of mailbox archives that may need to be moved within the same EV site, from one EV server to another, across the WAN.

The archives are pretty hefty, some have 100,000+ messages and a few GB in size.

I just wanted to check here to see what everyone's experiences have been with the Move Archive feasture before I jump on it.

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  • JesusWept3's avatar
    JesusWept3
    15 years ago
    MI've archive isn't recommended due to the fact that Symantec is t fully confident in it for large scale moves Personally I find the speeds of move archive to be pretty decent Don't believe transvaults incredulous claims of 100GB per hour though cos that's pure fantasy land stuff

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  • JesusWept3's avatar
    JesusWept3
    Level 6
    15 years ago
    We are currently moving about 100 a day and to be honest I think it's pretty reliable , make sure everythings up to date and the majority of users should move without issues :)
  • ANDREY_FYODOROV's avatar
    ANDREY_FYODOROV
    Level 6
    15 years ago

    Great, thanks!

    What about archive data that has been collected and migrated?  Does EV server retrieve it from secondary storage, un-CAB it, and then move it?

     

    For example I have an EV server in NYC which archives data to local storage. Data gets Cabbed, then old Cab files are migrated to shares on a NAS.

  • JesusWept3's avatar
    JesusWept3
    Level 6
    15 years ago
    We have ours collected so I can't say for certainty how bad it it will be but collections can decrease move archive speed from 15%-25%. However to secondary storage you should be ok However if it was migrated to nbu and tapes then I'd say give up now :)
  • GertjanA's avatar
    GertjanA
    Moderator
    15 years ago

    Hi Andrey

    Move Archive is very reliable, due to the build in checks. If move archive encounters an error, ie a corrupted message, a corrupted attachment, which might cause the new archive to be not equal to the old archive, it will not move the archive, and let you know.

    As for speed, my experience stops at 8.05 move archive, that was slow. Even in the same site.

    Where I am currently, we use Transvault, but if you are not in a hurry to move archives, I believe (as JW says) you can rely on Move Archive. It is after all a build in tool and free and reliable!

    Gertjan

  • FreKac2's avatar
    FreKac2
    Level 6
    15 years ago

    Have only used Move Archive for a few archives.

    But IIRC there were forum posts which stated that Move Archive were not recommended for large bulk operations ?

    E.g. if you need to move hundreds or thousands of archives ?

    So has that been revised or ?

  • JesusWept3's avatar
    JesusWept3
    Level 6
    15 years ago
    MI've archive isn't recommended due to the fact that Symantec is t fully confident in it for large scale moves Personally I find the speeds of move archive to be pretty decent Don't believe transvaults incredulous claims of 100GB per hour though cos that's pure fantasy land stuff
  • MarkBarefoot's avatar
    MarkBarefoot
    Level 6
    15 years ago

    Move Archive wasn't developed as a mass bulk move tool, it was more of a tool to help move a small number of archives between servers, sites etc.

    As with a lot of the new tools, they do get improved (mostly) with later releases.

  • Liam_Finn1's avatar
    Liam_Finn1
    Level 6
    15 years ago

    Test it. Create one test user load the archive with thousands of emails and move it.

     

    If it fails or gives you issues then you have your own answer

     

    Some people like the feature to move mailboxes where others prefer not to go that route. It is all down to what you are happy using

     

    Test it and make your decision on the results you find

  • Rob_Wilcox1's avatar
    Rob_Wilcox1
    Level 6
    15 years ago

    And to add to this, if you find problems, as JW2 has in the past, Symantec are very happy to help work on them, and to try to resolve them for future releases..  As GPKGuy says, these tools are there, and will be improved on over time.

  • ANDREY_FYODOROV's avatar
    ANDREY_FYODOROV
    Level 6
    15 years ago

    Thank you, everyone, for the replies.

     

    Our scale is massive - 1000+ vaults in one location, then 1000+ vaults in another location, etc.

     

    And we have a potential requirement to consolidate.