Journal database considerations

Enterprise Vault archives from all databases in a specified folder in the server's data directory.

The normal Enterprise Vault configuration is to retain the original item until the vault store that contains the archived item has been backed up. Enterprise Vault then deletes the original item. The Domino Database Management method must not interfere with this Enterprise Vault process, which means that the "Purge and Compact" method (specified in the Journaling section of the server configuration document) is unsuitable, because there is the potential to lose items that have, for some reason, not been archived.

Thus, the Domino Journal database must have its Database Management method set to one of the following in the Journaling section of the server configuration document:

You must configure your Domino Journal database appropriately so that it can be archived by Enterprise Vault.