Reviewing the default archiving settings for the site

Check the default settings configured in the Enterprise Vault site properties.

To review the site archiving settings

  1. In the Administration Console, right-click your Enterprise Vault site.

  2. On the shortcut menu, click Properties.

  3. Site properties include the following settings. Note that you can override some of these at a lower level. For example, you can override the site archiving schedule for a particular task by setting the schedule in the task properties. The indexing level can also be set at policy level and the default retention category can be set at provisioning group or policy level.

    General

    • The site alias and description.

    • The protocol and port to use for the Web Access application.

    • PST holding area details.

    • A system message for users, if required.

    • A system message for administrators, if required.

    Archive Settings

    • The default retention category.

    • The default indexing level.

    • Whether users can delete items from their archive.

    • Whether users can recover deleted items.

    Storage Expiry

    • The schedule for running storage expiry to delete from archives any items that are older than the retention period assigned.

    Archive Usage Limit

    • If required, you can set limits on the size of archives.

    Site Schedule

    • The schedule for running automatic, background archiving.

    Monitoring

    • Performance counters for monitoring Enterprise Vault.

  4. Click Help on any of the site properties screens for further information.