What does expired mean next to Exchange Archive?

[norbertg]

See screencap attached. What does it mean that Exchange archive expired?

[CraigV]

...just that. The retention (archive) on that media set has expired and is probably available to be overwritten as per DLM.

Thanks!

[VJware · Accepted solution]

I would recommend to update BE 2014 with SP1 and HF 225092 and then check if this reappears or not. If yes, would recommend you to log a formal support case.

[norbertg]

Does the Hotfix require a server restart?

We have got the following error over the weekend which I take it is related to the expired Archive issue?

V-79-57344-65233 - Snapshot Technology: Initialization failure on: "\\<EXCHANGESERVER>\Microsoft Information Store\Archive". Snapshot technology used: Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).

Snapshot technology error (0xE000FED1): A failure occurred querying the Writer status. See the job log for details about the error.

Check the Windows Event Viewer for details.

Writer Name: Exchange Server, Writer ID: {76FE1AC4-15F7-4BCD-987E-8E1ACB462FB7}, Last error: The VSS Writer failed, but the operation can be retried (0x800423f3), State: Waiting for backup complete notification 

[VJware]

The hotfix does not require a mandatory server restart, however based on the VSS error, you may probably need a server restart to bring back the VSS writer(s) to a stable state.

[norbertg]

Ok I will schedule one in tonight for the Exchange server. BE is located on a different server however.

The BE server will get a reboot later in the week as part of Windows patching.

[norbertg]

I did a manual check for updates and BE didn't find any. It's currently patched to SP1.

[VJware]

When an update is newly released, it doesn't appear on the LiveUpdate server immediately. This HF can be downloaded from - http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH225092

[norbertg]

The Exchange Archive wasn't showing as archived outside the day I posted. Regardless I have applied the HF. It seems OK.