Best Practice White Paper for using EV with EMC Centera
I'm pleased to say that a new document has been published by EMC about using Centera with Enterprise Vault, this is a collaborative paper that both EMC&Symantec worked on and is probably now the definitive reference guide for this topic. You'll find information about:
Using Apple Mac systems with EV File System Archiving
Over the last couple of years, we have seen a high uptake of Enterprise Vault File System Archiving (FSA) amongst our install base. However, we have not been able to offer support for customers where Apple Mac systems need to access the archived files. That is, until now. I’m excited to detail our support for FSA and Mac systems through our partnership with Group Logic.New Release: Introducing Veritas Storage Foundation and Veritas Cluster Server 5.1
Veritas Storage Foundation and Veritas Cluster Server 5.1 are now available to customers. Below are a few key areas of innovation that you can expect in version 5.1: Zero reboot install and zero reboot upgrade to version 5.1:
Strange OWA timeouts?
By default the OWA extensions timeout a request to restore an item after 30 seconds. This was previously not configurable. In some environments this has posed a problem in the past, where some internal Windows API calls were taking a little bit of time to come back, with, for example, user->group membership details. A fix for this was introduced and can be used with version EV 8 and onwards The fix is slightly dependent on whether you are using Exchange 2003, or Exchange 2007. If it is Exchange 2003, edit your EVBackend.ini file to include a line like this : exch1.1.exchange.restorerequesttimeout=45 (where exch1 is the name of the Exchange Server) If it is Exchange 2007, edit the web.config file so that it has the following line added : You will see a line in the EV OWA Diagnostic log file similiar to this when you've implemented the change : 1/8/2010 5:13:58 AM: [OWAPage::RestoreItem] Item needs restoring 1/8/2010 5:13:58 AM: [OWAPage::RestoreItem] Web app url from session:http://evserver.ev.local/EVAnon 1/8/2010 5:13:58 AM: [OWAPage::RestoreItem] Restore url:http://evserver.ev.local/EVAnon/restoreo2k.asp?vaultid=1E5850B2EA77101459FCD56CBC4D3A5871110000evsite&savesetid=200912080000000~200912080938300000~Z~609C0CD6ACE107F935F3891156085F41&mbx=TCowper@EV.Local&server=exch1&restorelocation=3&foldername=Deleted Items 1/8/2010 5:13:58 AM: [OWAPage::RestoreItem] IWA authentication, using DefaultCredentials 1/8/2010 5:13:58 AM: [OWAPage::RestoreItem] Set timeout: 45000 1/8/2010 5:13:58 AM: [OWAPage::GetUserString] User is already domainuser format It is not advised to change this to a high value, but some customers have had success in changing this to 45, as an example.Answers to Common VCS One Questions
A few weeks back a large number of Product Managers, Technical Product Managers, and Sales Engineers (SEs) gathered for our annual SE Symposium in Las Vegas. VCS One was definitely on everyone's mind, especially with the upcoming 5.0 release. Here's a summary of the Q & A from the VCS One sessions I attended.Backup Exec 12.5 Granular Recovery
One of the really cool functions of BE is the Granular Recovery Technology (GRT). By the way, anytime you need more information on any aspect of BE please see the Backup Exec for Windows Servers Administrator’s Guide. In fact, don’t take my word for it, download from here:Using FSA with Apple Mac clients - public webinar, Thursday 5th November
We are repeating the FSA with Mac webinar we did last month on Thursday this week, 2PM EST, 11AM PST. Anyone who is interested in file archiving and using a Mac to access the archived content should attend. Registration is here:DCOMOverrideRPCHTTP
One of the things that people mention about the EV client is that when RPC/HTTP is in use, even in a corporate office environment, the EV client drops-back to "lite" client functionality. So it means that you don't get to choose which archive you want to manually archive something to, and you don't get the EV information tab on the properties of a folder.
