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Virtual Cache\Vault using network drives

JosephRodgers
Level 4
Employee Accredited Certified
All,

For security reasons we would like to store the virtual cache on a network drive (using either UNC or mapped path).  I am familiar with the limitations with storing PSTs.

Has anyone done this?  How about while using Virtual Vault?

Thanks
Joe
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JesusWept3
Level 6
Partner Accredited Certified
Vault Cache on network drives sounds like that would be for desktops, and i don't really see the point in it for those users who have permanant network connectivity
so if you're using VC on a user who will have a laptop, well it'd defeat the purpose because unless you're vpn'd in all the time, you wouldn't have access to them
and if it is over vpn and a wan, then it would become fairly slow

can it be done? pretty sure it can as OV would do it as well
but the performance of it all? guess that'd need testing
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JesusWept3
Level 6
Partner Accredited Certified
Vault Cache on network drives sounds like that would be for desktops, and i don't really see the point in it for those users who have permanant network connectivity
so if you're using VC on a user who will have a laptop, well it'd defeat the purpose because unless you're vpn'd in all the time, you wouldn't have access to them
and if it is over vpn and a wan, then it would become fairly slow

can it be done? pretty sure it can as OV would do it as well
but the performance of it all? guess that'd need testing
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-allen-turl-07370146

MirrorSphere
Level 5
Partner Accredited

I would check internally with Symantec support as far as I am aware this is not a supported configuration.
Not sure whether it is actually documented anywhere though?!
 

Rob_Wilcox1
Level 6
Partner
 Virtual Vault requires Vault Cache, and from the "Setting up Exchange Server Archiving", you would need to modify the ROOT FOLDER ... and that says :

Root folder
The location in which to place Vault Caches. This value is used when
a user enables Vault Cache. Changing this value has no effect on
existing Vault Caches.
Description
■ Path. A path to a folder that Enterprise Vault can create on the
user's local computer. If you do not specify Root Folder, Enterprise
Vault uses an Enterprise Vault subfolder in the user's Application
Data folder.
 
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MirrorSphere
Level 5
Partner Accredited
That's that then.

NIce one Rob!

JesusWept3
Level 6
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what happens then if you have a roaming profile?
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Rob_Wilcox1
Level 6
Partner
Then we should fall back to Microsoft's best practice, and if you use roaming profiles, then according to the guide you would/could use a different path, eg c:\vc-root-folder :

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297019
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JesusWept3
Level 6
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ah yeah but its not about best practice is it, its about supportability and whether it works
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Rob_Wilcox1
Level 6
Partner
Will it work = yes.

Supportability = no, not according to the documentation, because it says "local computer".

Desirability = no, for performance reasons, and more important because Microsoft doesn't like PSTs over a network link (which under the covers is what your cache consists of).

So in the end, it's time to steer that customer away from that approach (and perhaps investigate encryption possibilities of the local drives?)

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JesusWept3
Level 6
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yeah well MS doesn't like ESM and outlook on the same machine either, never stopped symc before did it :)
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