Thanks for the initial comments above.
To have placeholders he will need to remove the "Archive Copy and Reset" option - where is this option? I cant see it.
The user will not be able to delete the archived file if the option "Prevent deletion of archived items in this category" is checked on the EV retention policy - Users are not allowed to delete.
Expire is set to run daily and I have started manual expires
I think the settings are correct, I really just wonder how I can monitor the expiry - Archiving and shortcut creation produce proper reporst showing each object actioned - expiry is just a summary entry!
I also want to make sure thatthe shortcuts are getting deleted when the files are, at the moment this isnt certain. I also want to understand the implications of a system failure during the expire process. How do I tell where it got to? Does it finish off after the system comes back up?