Creating archiving target site collections

If Auto-enable Site Collections is selected on the SharePoint target object, a target site collection object for each top level site will be created automatically when the archiving task runs.

Figure: Archiving Targets illustrates the relationship between virtual servers (or Web applications) and sites on the SharePoint targets (on the left) and associated archiving target objects in the Enterprise Vault Administration Console (on the right).

In the example shown, Site Collection C is not being archived, so only Site Collection D on SharePoint Virtual Server B has a target site collection object in Enterprise Vault.

In this example, automatic archiving of site collections is not enabled on the SharePoint target B object.

Figure: Archiving Targets

Archiving Targets

If you only want to archive some site collections, clear the Auto-enable Site Collections check box on the SharePoint target object and create the required target site collection objects manually.

To create a target site collection object manually

  1. Under Targets, SharePoint, right-click the SharePoint target object and select New, SharePoint Site Collection.

  2. This starts a New SharePoint Site Collection wizard. Click Next on the first screen.

  3. Enter the URL for the top level site in the site collection, for example:

    http://sharepoint/sites/marketing
    

    Note that the default site collection in SharePoint may have the same URL as the virtual server or Web application.

  4. Select the required scope of archiving for this site collection; the top level Web site only, the subsites only, or both. Click Next.

  5. Highlight the vault store to be used for the SharePoint archives. A separate archive will be created automatically in the vault store for each top-level site. Click Next.

  6. Select the policy and archiving task to be used to archive the site collection. Click Next.

  7. Select the retention category to be applied to any files that are archived. You can use New to create a new retention category, if required. Click Next.

  8. The next screen shows a summary of the details for archiving the site collection. If this is correct, click Finish.

  9. A prompt confirms that the object has been created. Click Close.