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John_Santana
Level 6
8 years ago

Understanding the Total amount of archived item size in all EV vaults ?

Hi All,

My current Symantec Enterprise Vault server, usage from: http://<EV-Server-Name>/enterpriseVault/usage.asp is as follows:

Enterprise Vault - Vault Store Usage Information:

Total number of Vault Stores: 1
Total number of Active Archives: 1,984
Total number of items: 89,632,013
Total size of items: 18,391,974 MB
Average size of items: 266 KB
Total number of items awaiting backup: 9,236,566

 

My questions are:

  • Total number of Active Archives: is this the number of mailbox or .PST when I export all ?
  • Total size of items: is this the total disk space that I will require when all those .PST files exported to removable USB HDD ?
  • Total number of items awaiting backup: Is this the number of email in Exchange Server that waiting to be archived to EV ?

Note: I'm running Enterprise Vault Version: 11.0.1.3683 and the SQL Server is on separate server.

Thanks in advance,

J

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  • Rob_Wilcox1's avatar
    Rob_Wilcox1
    8 years ago

    There is an explanation of the meaning of the report here: https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH35741

     

    I would say one thing about the size. EV has two sizes compressed, and original size. I'm not sure which of those two it's showing. However, PST files are notoriously 'bloaty' of data. So, if the figure in the report is the original size, you are likely to need almost TWICE that when it comes to PST files.

  • CConsult's avatar
    CConsult
    8 years ago

    Yes, you need one Vaultstore open. 

    Open means physical data can be written to that machine.

    If data cannot be written they queue up.

     

    But "awaitiing backups" tells you that the trigger file wasn't created for a longer time.

    Check backup and triggerfile "created date"

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  • Rob_Wilcox1's avatar
    Rob_Wilcox1
    Level 6
    8 years ago

    There is an explanation of the meaning of the report here: https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH35741

     

    I would say one thing about the size. EV has two sizes compressed, and original size. I'm not sure which of those two it's showing. However, PST files are notoriously 'bloaty' of data. So, if the figure in the report is the original size, you are likely to need almost TWICE that when it comes to PST files.

    • John_Santana's avatar
      John_Santana
      Level 6
      8 years ago

      Rob_Wilcox1, thanks for the reply,

      Is it because the item displayed in the Usage.ASP is the deduplicated and compressed size ?

      • Rob_Wilcox1's avatar
        Rob_Wilcox1
        Level 6
        8 years ago

        I don't remember whether the usage report shows compressed size or original size.

         

        EVEN if it shows the original size, then, PSTs will still likely be (roughly) twice that size. It's the nature of PSTs.