Backing up Enterprise Vault index locations

Use the following steps to back up Enterprise Vault index locations.

To back up index locations

  1. On the navigation bar, click the arrow next to Backup.

  2. Click New Backup Job.

  3. In the backup selections view, expand Enterprise Vault.

  4. Expand a Directory on <Computer name> that contains the index locations that you want to back up.

  5. Do the following:


    To back up an Enterprise Vault 7.x index location

    To the following in the order listed:

    • Expand a Directory on <Computer_name> that contains the index location that you want to back up.

    • Expand the Enterprise Vault site that contains the index location that you want to back up.

    • Expand the Enterprise Vault server that contains the index location that you want to back up.

    To back up an Enterprise Vault 8.x index location

    Do the following in the order listed:

    • Expand a Directory on <Computer_name> that contains the index location that you want to back up.

    • Expand the Enterprise Vault site that contains the index location that you want to back up.

  6. Do one of the following:


    To back up all index locations

    Check Index Locations.

    To back up individual index locations

    Do the following in the order listed:

    • Click the Index Locations icon.

    • In the results pane, select the individual index locations that you want to back up.

  7. In the task pane, under Settings, click Enterprise Vault.

  8. Select a backup method.

    See About backup methods for Enterprise Vault backup jobs.

  9. In the task pane, select other backup options as appropriate.

  10. Do one of the following:


    To run the job now

    Click Run Now.

    To schedule the job to run later

    Do the following in the order listed:

    • In the task pane, under Frequency, click Schedule.

    • Set the scheduling options.

    • Click Submit.

More Information

Scheduling jobs

Backing up Enterprise Vault index locations