Vault store deletion - just looking for confirmation
I've read a handful of posts on getting rid of old EV data and am no facing the same scenario. We are running EV 10.0.2 for Microsoft Exchange.
When we initially got EV, back in 2006 we set it up for journal archiving. Then, in 2008 we decided to take all of our old emails (pre-2006) and import them into EV so we could take advantage of CA & DA. We never full decided on an appropriate retention policy so we left it at forever. Now, I'm glad I imported all those old emails into EV in their own vault store because I think it will make things easier...
I've been asked if we can remove emails from EV that are from a particular date and older that are outside of what is required for us to keep. If I understand correctly, I can delete the vault store(s) that contain the imported emails in question and storage expiry will take care of removing the content and updating the indexes. I also understand that this is provided there are no CA or DA interests in, or legal holds on, the content being deleted in those vault stores.
Sounds simple enough. Am I missing or misunderstanding anything? Thank you!!!
No, you don't create a new retention category, that would only apply to items archived after you created it.
You change the retention period on the existing retention category to expiry older than 6 years. Let Expiry run, at this point you can let it run until Dec 31st. Then you can change the retention period back to forever or just disable Storage Expiry.
