Enterprise Vault Services and Tasks

The core Enterprise Vault Server component includes the following main services:

Archiving and PST Migration tasks are created as required after Enterprise Vault is installed and configured. As they run under the Task Controller Service, this must be installed on any computer that is to host a task.

After you have installed the Enterprise Vault Server, the configuration wizard enables you to specify which particular services or items to run on that computer. The following sections give details of where to set up individual services.

You need to install the Enterprise Vault Server component on any computer on which you want to run any Enterprise Vault Service or Task. When you install the Enterprise Vault Server component, the Enterprise Vault Administration Console is also automatically installed.

If you want to install on the Exchange Server computer, perhaps as part of a pilot, then you can do so, but this is not recommended for production use.

Table: Where to set up the Enterprise Vault Tasks and Services provides summary information that will help you decide where to set up the Enterprise Vault Tasks and Services.

Table: Where to set up the Enterprise Vault Tasks and Services

Task or Service

Number in Enterprise Vault site

Notes

Exchange Provisioning Task

One per Exchange domain.

You can install more than one Exchange Provisioning Task on an Enterprise Vault server. One Provisioning Task will typically process multiple Provisioning Groups.

Exchange Mailbox Archiving Task

As many as the number of Exchange Servers to be archived; one per Microsoft Exchange Server.

You can install more than one Exchange Mailbox Task on an Enterprise Vault computer. Exchange Mailbox Tasks in a single site can archive multiple Exchange Servers in more than one Exchange domain.

The Vault Service account must have access in Active Directory to the domains associated with the Exchange Servers being archived.

Exchange Journaling Task

As many as resources permit.

With Exchange 2000 or later, an Exchange Journaling Task can process multiple journal mailboxes.

You can install more than one Exchange Journaling Task on an Enterprise Vault computer.

The Vault Service Account must have access in Active Directory to the Exchange domains associated with the Exchange Servers being archived.

Exchange Public Folder Task

As many as required to process your public folder hierarchy.

A single Exchange Public Folder Task can process one or more branches of the hierarchy.

The Vault Service Account must have access in Active Directory to the domains associated with the Exchange Servers being archived.

SharePoint Task

As many as required to archive your SharePoint Archiving Targets.

The SharePoint Task will run on the same computer as the Storage Service that you select when creating the SharePoint Task.

You can install more than one SharePoint Task on an Enterprise Vault computer.

Domino Journaling Task

As many as required to archive your archiving target Domino journal location.

You will need to ensure that Enterprise Vault has the correct access to the Domino server, domain and journaling location.

Domino Journaling database must have its Database Management method set to Periodic Rollover, Size Rollover or None.

Domino Provisioning Task

One per Domino domain.

You can install only one Domino Provisioning Task on an Enterprise Vault server. One Provisioning Task will typically process multiple Provisioning Groups.

Domino Mailbox Archiving Task

One per Enterprise Vault server.

You cannot install more than one Domino Mailbox Archiving Task on an Enterprise Vault computer. Each task in a single site can archive multiple Domino mail servers in more than one Domino domain. Multiple Domino Mailbox Archiving Tasks can archive the same Domino mail server.

File System Archiving Task

As many as required to process the Archive Points defined.

The Task should run on the same computer as the Storage Service that you select when you create a File Server Archiving Target.

Vault Service account must have access to the file system being archived.

Move Archive Task

One per Enterprise Vault storage server.

Enterprise Vault creates this task automatically when you run the Move Archive wizard.

Storage Service

At least one.

You cannot install more than one Storage Service on an Enterprise Vault computer.

There must be sufficient storage space to hold the vault stores.

Indexing Service

At least one.

You cannot install more than one Indexing Service on an Enterprise Vault computer but you can have more than one Indexing Service in a site.

There must be sufficient storage space to hold the indexes.

Admin Service

One per computer with other Enterprise Vault Services.

Mandatory. The Admin Service is installed automatically when you install the Enterprise Vault Server component.

Shopping Service

One per Enterprise Vault server.

Requires IIS.

There must be sufficient disk space on the computer to hold the shopping baskets until users delete them.

Accelerator Service

One.

Compliance Accelerator and Discovery Accelerator should not be run on same computer.