Creating archive points manually

If you do not want to create archive points using either the Administration Console or the ArchivePoints command-line utility, you can follow the instructions below to create them manually.

To create a stream archive point manually

  1. Create a template file that contains the following:

    <archivePoint> </archivePoint>

  2. In a Command Prompt window, type the following command to add the contents of the template file as a named stream to the folder that you are turning into an archive point:

    type TemplateName > TargetFolder:EVArchivePoint.xml

    where:

    • TemplateName is the name of the file that contains the archive point information.

    • TargetFolder is the full path of the folder to which you are adding an archive point.

    • EVArchivePoint.xml is the name you must use for the hidden file stream.

    For example, if you have a template called archivepoint.xml and a user's share called i:\users\Isaac Newton, the command would be as follows:

    type archivepoint.xml > "i:\users\Isaac Newton:EVArchivePoint.xml"

    This adds the contents of archivepoint.xml as a data stream attribute of the folder.

    You can override the default attributes if required.

To create a file archive point manually

  1. Create a template file called EVArchivePoint.xml that contains the following text:

    <archivePoint> </archivePoint>

  2. Copy EVArchivePoint.xml to each folder that you want to be an archive point.