06-12-2014 01:58 AM
Hello,
We are running EV 10.0.4 Cumulative Hot Fix 3.0 for Exchange Mailbox, File Server and SharePoint archiving.
As we are planning to roll-out SharePoint archiving, we are getting several queries many of which points to the basic understanding of - What exactly does EV archive from various SharePoint content types?
After searching on EV forum and analysing available documentation the core methodology is still unclear apparently because the EV SharePoint module is relatively new introduction.
It would be very helpful to us and in general to other customers if someone can provide a clear idea about following queries for each EV supported SharePoint content type:
List of currently supported SharePoint content types:
Regards,
Sharad Sharma
06-12-2014 03:03 AM
Hello Sharad,
Please find the answers inline.
Following queries for each EV supported SharePoint content type:
1. What is archived and removed from SharePoint?
2. What are the contents of Short-cuts?
So for Ex: If we archive a Doc.txt file then the shortcut content will be
Name: Doc.txt
Content: EVSTUB
Metadata: Title: Sample Doc
<EV Custom Properties>
3. Will archiving action or short-cut creation influence the SharePoint audit logs?
List of currently supported SharePoint content types:
· Announcements -> Yes
· Blog -> Yes
· Contacts -> Yes
· Custom List -> Yes
· Discussion Board -> Yes
· Issue Tracking -> Yes
· Links -> Yes
· Tasks -> Yes
· Digital Asset Library -> Yes
· Document Library -> Yes
· Form Library -> Yes
· Picture Library -> Yes
· Slide Library -> Yes
· Wiki Page Library -> Yes
Enterprise Vault does not create shortcuts when you archive the following:
I hope this helps !!!
Regards,
A_J
06-12-2014 03:20 AM
Hello A_J,
First of all I thank you for your reply and it helps in terms of a summarized understanding of how EV archiving works for SharePoint.
However I am sorry for apparently my question may not have been clear enough.
I will give few examples on what we need to understand:
The qerry that we are facing is-
What happens when e.g. Blog entry or Wiki is archived - is it just attachments which will be archive if available or is it complete entry?
If non-attachement based content is archived from various content types does the archived content also preserves content formatting and styles etc.?
I trust above examples highlights what information we are looking for.
Best Regards,
06-24-2014 06:21 AM
Hello,
Refering to my post and comment on A_J's response can someone provide more details as to how various content types in SharePoint are archived by EV.
As against Email or File Server archiving, this clear understanding is missing for SharePoint and neither could I find it in documentation.
Best Regards,
11-14-2014 11:24 AM
For List content we archive the list item, blog, discussion etc. content. We only shortcut the attachments (since the original list item is comparatively small). So you end up with the full item in the archive which allows the deletion of the item in SharePoint if desired. If you wish to simply save space, you can just replace the attachments with shortcuts.
In the case of discussions, we archive the entire discussion (i.e. Post and all replies is archived as a single entity instead of archiving the individual post and replies separately). This provides the full context of the item in the archive. If new replies are added during subsequent archive runs then the item will be updated in the archive (unless on WORM storage in which case a second full discussion is archived with the new content).