Partition Secure Notification

You can configure Enterprise Vault to retain original items until the vault store partition in which they are archived has been backed up. During the time between archival and removal, the original items are treated as safety copies by Enterprise Vault. A Partition Secure Notification (PSN) file is created at a source partition after the successful backup of the partition at the remote site. When the vault store partition has been backed up, Enterprise Vault removes the safety copies and creates placeholders.

Veritas replication is used to take a backup of a single partition. The Partition Secure Notification feature is enabled in the Access Appliance replication episodic job create interface when an optional argument called evpsn is enabled.

Figure:  shows the Enterprise Vault store settings when safety copies are removed after the partition has been backed up.

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Enterprise Vault keeps the original items until the partition that contains the archived items has been backed up if Yes, in the original location option has been selected.

Figure:  shows the Enterprise Vault store setting when a partition is created.

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If the Check for a trigger file option is selected, Enterprise Vault refers to the PSN file to confirm that the archived data is secure. Accordingly, Enterprise Vault deletes safety copies and creates placeholders.

When the Enterprise Vault store is configured to delete the safety copies, it is important to configure how Enterprise Vault checks to ensure that the partition has been secured. Enterprise Vault checks for a trigger file when its Storage service starts and the backup mode is cleared.

See the replication episodic job create man page for more details.

See the Configuring replication chapter in the Access Appliance Administration Guide for more details on replication.