To add a folder and archive points

1. In the Administration Console, expand the Enterprise Vault site until the File Servers container is visible.

2. Expand the File Servers container to show the file servers that have been added.

3. Expand the node for the appropriate file server.

4. Right-click the volume that contains the folder you want to add and then, on the shortcut menu, click New and then Folder.

   The New Folder wizard starts.

5. Specify the relative path of the folder that you want to add.

6. Specify the archiving policy to use for the folder. You can select from:

   • The volume policy.

   • A folder policy.

   • A retention folder policy. Retention folder policies let you add a predefined folder hierarchy to the target folder.

     See Configuring retention folders.

   Note that if you apply a folder policy and a file is not matched by the rules in the folder policy then, by default, Enterprise Vault tries to find a match in the volume policy rules. If you want to force Enterprise Vault not to apply the volume policy rules, edit the folder properties later in the Administration Console and select Ignore volume rules for this folder.

   Note:

   Zero-length files are never archived by File System Archiving.

7. Specify whether to archive from the folder, and whether to archive from its subfolders. You can suspend archiving if required. You can start or suspend archiving later from the folder properties.

8. Add archive points for the folder, and also for its subfolders if required.

   You can choose to place archive points on all the subfolders of a folder. If you have many folders to enable this option may be easier than running the New Folder wizard many times.

   You can create any of the following:

   • An archive point for the selected folder.

   • An archive point for each subfolder of the selected folder. A new archive will be created for each existing subfolder.

   • Archive points for subfolders of the existing folder and for new subfolders when they are created. The existing folder is referred to as an auto-enabling folder. The archive points for subfolders are created when the archiving task runs in normal mode.

     This can be useful when you have a folder containing users' subfolders and want to create an archive point for each user's subfolder. When you add subfolders for new users, archive points are automatically created.

     If you choose this option, make sure that there is no archive point on any of the parent folders, or on the volume.

   • No archive point. This option enables you to use the same archive as for higher-level folders but to choose a different archiving policy for the selected folder.