FSAUtility is a command-line utility with which you can do the following:
Recreate the placeholders for archived files in their original location. This facility may prove useful if you need to restore a file server to its original state or synchronize the file server with the Enterprise Vault archive.
If multiple versions of the same file exist in the archive, the utility creates a placeholder for the latest version only.
Move placeholders from one location to another location. The corresponding files in the archive are also moved to the destination folder. The destination archive can be in a different vault store. Note the following:
You cannot move placeholders from the root folder of a volume, but you can move placeholders from the subfolders of the root folder.
FSAUtility does not delete a source folder from which you have moved placeholders after it has completed the operation. The folder may contain other, unarchived files that it would be inappropriate to delete.
If you halt an FSAUtility operation to move placeholders before it has finished then, when you next start the utility, it prompts you to resume the operation.
The volume policy or folder policy that applies to the destination location determines whether Enterprise Vault deletes archived files when their placeholders are deleted. See "Deleting archived files on placeholder deletion" in Setting up File System Archiving.
Delete orphaned placeholders for which no corresponding item exists in the archive. For example, this facility may prove useful if you have used the Enterprise Vault Web Access application to delete a vault store item. It may also be useful after you delete an entire vault store, vault store partition, or archive.
Restore some or all of the archived files to their original location or a new location.
The utility works with archive points and placeholders on NTFS devices, NetApp Filers, and EMC Celerra devices.
Note the following:
We recommend that you do not run more than one instance of FSAUtility at a time. Issues can arise when you specify the same source or target for multiple, concurrent instances of the utility.
To optimize performance and prevent inconsistent behavior, stop the FSA archiving tasks on the target server before you run FSAUtility.
FSAUtility does not support "hard link" files (directory references to files). You cannot move or recreate any existing placeholders for hard link files. Similarly, the utility does not let you restore an archived file if that file has the same name as a hard link file in the destination folder.
When you perform a move, recreate, or restore operation, FSAUtility recalls any placeholders that are hard link files.