User Guide

Solution Description
Symantec Enterprise Vault
Enterprise Vault software is designed to be a long-term, scalable store for unstructured information. Now in its
seventh version, the Enterprise Vault software delivers not only a scalable and robust storage system, but also
provides a wide choice of implementation scenarios addressing storage cost reduction and compliance-driven
retention.
The Enterprise Vault software can be populated by multiple information sources (Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino,
Microsoft SharePoint, File Systems, or customer applications) and, through its business accelerators, provides
seamless interaction for both organization and user exploitation of archived information. The situations that
Enterprise Vault is commonly employed to solve include:
● Application Storage Management: A major use of the Enterprise Vault software is to act as an online archive
for information that is moved from primary storage according to customer-defined policies. This enables the
store size to be controlled and allows applications to focus on their strengths: the handling of incoming
information and accessing of recent and frequently accessed items.
● Retention and Discovery for Compliance: Many organizations are required to keep all electronic information
for long periods of time. This typically includes email, network shares from NAS appliances and Microsoft
Windows based file servers, Microsoft SharePoint content, and instant messages. The Enterprise Vault
software can be used with the Microsoft Exchange journal feature to act as a secure repository for items that
need to be retained for defined periods of time for legal or regulatory reasons.
● Upgrade, Migration, and Consolidation: Reducing storage requirements for Microsoft Exchange, Lotus
Domino, or file servers means that more users can be housed or supported on each server, thus requiring
fewer servers. For example, controlling mailbox size improves Microsoft Exchange system consolidation. In
addition, the Enterprise Vault software can also be used to streamline a migration or upgrade by first
slimming down the primary store and housing the bulk of the data during the process. The import and
elimination of PST files is the strongest example of a migration and consolidation exercise.
● Knowledge Exploitation: The Enterprise Vault software acts as an "information warehouse" for personal and
corporate data, which can then be mined as a knowledge resource using the Enterprise Vault index and
search technology. Its business accelerators, such as Enterprise Vault Compliance and Discovery Accelerators,
offer solutions for regulatory surveillance and legal discovery.
● Operational Excellence: The Enterprise Vault software can increase the operational excellence of any primary
application in, for example, the application's service-level agreement (SLA) for backup. Many organizations
find that because applications such as Microsoft Exchange grow so large, they are no longer able to meet the
SLA for restore operations. By using the Enterprise Vault software to move a majority of data out of the
Microsoft Exchange stores, these SLAs can be planned and achieved. In addition, end users can service their
own requests for old and “lost” information without consuming help desk or administration resources.
Configuring the Sun Fire X4500 Server as Network Attached Archival Storage for Symantec Enterprise Vault 2