Setting the storage location for FSA Reporting's temporary files

FSA Reporting creates temporary files on the target file server to hold the data from FSA Reporting scans. On a file server with a large number of files, these temporary files can become very large.

FSA Reporting stores the temporary files by default in the FSAReports subfolder of the Enterprise Vault installation folder. The installation folder is often on drive C, which typically has limited space. If the temporary files fill up all the space on the installation drive, the computer may suffer performance problems or stop responding. If there is likely to be insufficient space for the temporary files on the installation drive, relocate the storage location to a drive that has sufficient free space.

The TempFilePath registry value determines the path to the storage location.

To set the storage location for FSA Reporting's temporary files

  1. Create a suitable location on a drive that has sufficient free space, and give the Vault Service account write access to the location.

    Note:

    The path must not exceed 100 characters, including spaces.

  2. For an NTFS file server, start the registry editor on the file server.

    For a NetApp file server or an EMC Celerra file server, start the registry editor on the Enterprise Vault server that acts as the proxy file server for FSA Reporting file collection.

    See Identifying the proxy server for FSA Reporting file collection.

  3. Navigate to the following registry key:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    \Software
     \KVS
      \Enterprise Vault
       \FSA
    	\Reporting
    
  4. Edit the TempFilePath registry value and specify the existing path that you chose in step 1.

    The path that you specify with TempFilePath must not exceed 100 characters, including spaces.

    Enterprise Vault creates a subfolder named FSAReports under the path that TempFilePath defines, in which to hold the temporary files.

  5. Exit from the registry editor.

  6. On NTFS file servers, restart the Enterprise Vault File Collector service.

    For NetApp and Celerra file servers, restart the Enterprise Vault Admin service on the Enterprise Vault server on which you have changed the registry value.