Vault store and partition?

[doctortt]

So, a vault store is a SQL (or oracle) database and then you have a partition that points to a Centerra, external/local storage and etc. Which one actually holds the archived emails?  In addition, if you don't perform a backup of the partition, the safe-copies don't get deleted and the items in Outlook will have the "ready to archive" icon.  How does this thingy work?

[MichelZ]

Yes, that's more or less correct.

If an email/file gets archived, and you have the setting to keep safety copies, then the item gets an entry in the WatchFile table in the Vault Store database.

EV then looks periodically into this table and checks for the items, if they were backed up (i.e. the "Archive" bit on the file has been cleared), or the Item has been replicated by the Centera.

It then removes the safety copy.

Cheers

Michel

[doctortt]

I see. So, the database holds just the entry/location of the archived email, and the partition holds the actual file, right?

[MichelZ · Accepted solution]

Yes, there is no real "data" in the Database.

It's just metadata, like where is the file stored, how big is it, when was it archived, and so on.

Cheers

Michel

[doctortt]

Thanks a lot!