A volume policy's settings are applied to a complete volume, unless overridden by a folder policy.
The volume policy determines the following:
Whether to enable quotas for the volume, and what quotas to use.
Which retention category to apply to the files that are archived with this policy.
The archiving rules to apply for the volume. Each archiving rule specifies:
The file criteria to match, such as the file type, the time that the file was last modified or last accessed, the file size, and file attributes.
The action to take on the files that match the criteria you specify.
Whether and when to create shortcuts for the matching files. You can create shortcuts immediately or some time later, according to criteria that you specify.
The type of shortcut to leave to an archived file, if the archiving rules specify that a shortcut is created. You can choose to leave a placeholder shortcut or an Internet link.
If you leave a placeholder shortcut you can choose whether to do the following:
If you decide to leave placeholder shortcuts, you must install the FSA Agent on any NTFS file servers to which this policy is applied.
Whether to archive the files that have explicit permissions set on them. When Enterprise Vault archives files, it gives the archived version the same permissions as the folder that contained the original file.