Running Enterprise Vault Deployment Scanner

Enterprise Vault Deployment Scanner has a wizard-like interface that guides you through the test process.

Note:

Before you run the Deployment Scanner, you must add the vault service account to the Administrators group on all the systems the it will scan.

To run Enterprise Vault Deployment Scanner

  1. Log on using the vault service account.

  2. Use one of the following methods to start Deployment Scanner:

    • On the Windows Start menu, click All Programs > Enterprise Vault > Deployment Scanner.

    • On the Tools menu of the Vault Administration Console, ensure that Advanced Features is checked. Then, in the left pane of the Vault Administration Console, right-click your Enterprise Vault server and click Deployment Scanner.

  3. In the Welcome page, check Do not set configuration options for Deployment Scanner if you have previously run Deployment Scanner and want to rerun it without entering the configuration options again.

  4. Click Next and then, if you checked Do not set configuration options for Deployment Scanner, go to step 6. Otherwise, complete the fields in the two Server Configuration pages.

    Microsoft SQL Server(s)

    Identifies the machines on which you have installed SQL Server. Enterprise Vault uses SQL Server to store configuration data and information about the archives.

    If you are not using the default database instance on the SQL Server, you must also enter the instance name here, in addition to the name of the database server, in the format sql_server\database_instance. For example, sql\vault.

    Microsoft Exchange Server(s)

    Identifies the Microsoft Exchange servers from which you want to archive the items in user mailboxes, journal mailboxes, or public folders.

    Microsoft SharePoint Server(s)

    Specifies the addresses of the Microsoft SharePoint servers that hold the documents you want to archive.

    File Server(s)

    Identifies the file servers that contain files for archiving.

    File Share(s)

    Specifies the paths to the network shares that contain files for archiving.

    EMC Centera Access Node(s)

    Specifies the IP addresses of access nodes in an EMC Centera cluster.

    In each case, you can add a new item by typing its name or address and then clicking Add. To remove an item from a list, click it and then click Remove.

  5. When you have set all the options, click Next to proceed with the tests.

  6. Wait a few moments for the utility to perform the tests and display the results.

  7. Click the blue links to display more information on each test result. As well as displaying the test results on-screen, Enterprise Vault Deployment Scanner saves the report to an HTML file in the Reports subfolder. The name of the report file identifies the date and time at which you created it.

  8. Click Finish to exit Enterprise Vault Deployment Scanner.