Deleting a vault store group

You can delete a vault store group if you no longer want to use its vault stores and their associated archives. Deletion permanently removes all the partitions and archives that the vault stores contain, and all the items that are stored in these partitions and archives.

You can delete a vault store group only if all of the following conditions apply to every vault store in the group:

When you delete a vault store group, the status of each vault store changes to Marked for deletion. Shortcuts to items within the vault stores' archives no longer work.

Enterprise Vault may take a long time to complete the deletion operation. If a vault store contains any items that are on legal hold, or any SIS parts that are referenced by other vault stores, Enterprise Vault marks the vault store for deletion but it does not delete the vault store or the group until these conditions no longer apply.

Note:

If you delete a vault store group, you cannot stop or undo the process. The action overrides any form of deletion protection that is applied to items or Retention Categories, other than legal hold.

To delete a vault store group

  1. In the Administration Console, select the vault store group that you want to delete.

  2. The right pane of the Administration Console displays the status of the group's vault stores. Click F5 to refresh the view. The right pane displays each vault store's current status, and indicates whether backup mode is set. You can only delete a vault store if the status is Available and backup mode is not set.

  3. Right-click the vault store group and select Delete from the shortcut menu.

  4. On the warning dialog, click Delete.

    The status of each vault store in the group changes to Marked for Deletion. The icon for the Vault Store Group also changes to indicate that it is marked for deletion.

    When Enterprise Vault eventually completes the deletion, it removes the vault stores and the vault store group from the Administration Console.