Archive Shuttle 11.3 - Migration Guide

EAS as a source

This section explains what the requirements are for migrating away from EAS, and then covers the basic steps that should be followed to start such a migration.

Stage 1 - Synch

The first task which has to be performed is the discovery of archives in EAS. One or more of these archives are mapped and enabled for migration, Archive Shuttle Core sends a command to collect all needed metadata information from each archive. The results are reported back to Archive Shuttle Core to allow item level tracking and auditing.

The EAS module and chosen target environment import module then start to process the items from the archives. This runs continuously in the background until the administrator initiates Stage 2 ('Switch') for the archive.

Stage 2 - Switch

EAS to Exchange or Office 365

EAS to PST

Requirements

The following is a list of requirements.

Basic steps

The following are the basic steps to start this type of migration.

Determining EAS archive owner(s)

Archive Shuttle must determine the owner of a mailbox archive. This section explains how this takes place.

1.We use the below query to match user to EAS archive by comparing ObjDistNam result to exchangeLegacyDN column.

SELECT t5.ROW_NUMBER, t5.USERID AS UserId, t5.USERNAME AS UserName, t5.OBJDISTNAME AS ObjDistName,
t5.ItemsCount AS ItemsCount, t5.ItemsSize
FROM(
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY t4.USERID) AS ROW_NUMBER, t4.USERID, t4.USERNAME, t4.OBJDISTNAME, t4.ItemsCount, t4.ItemsSize
FROM(SELECT COUNT(t3.MSGID) AS ItemsCount, SUM(t3.MSGSIZE) as ItemsSize, t0.USERID, t0.USERNAME, t0.OBJDISTNAME
FROM USERS AS t0
INNER JOIN REFER AS t1 ON(t0.USERID) = t1.USERID
INNER JOIN FOLDER AS t2 ON t1.FOLDERID = t2.FOLDERID
INNER JOIN PROFILE AS t3 ON t1.MSGID = t3.MSGID
WHERE(t1.MSGID >= 0) AND(t1.FOLDERID >= 0)
GROUP BY t0.USERID, t0.USERNAME, t0.OBJDISTNAME ) AS t4) AS t5
ORDER BY t5.ROW_NUMBER

2. If the user record is not found. The matching is executed by comparing address column in UserProxyAdress table againsts ObjDistName.

General considerations

The following general considerations should be taken into account for this type of migration:

·Ensure Shortcut Processing is configured to use EWS.

·The database server hosting EAS must be SQL Server.

Migrating from EAS to a target environment

This section outlines the steps to migrate a single test EAS to any supported target environment.

Prerequisites

It is essential that the following steps have been completed prior to beginning the migration:

·All Modules are enabled

·Appropriate Active Directory Domains have been enabled for scanning

·The Enterprise Vault target links should be configured with a specific staging area, and with modules associated to the link.

Add an EAS environment

To use EAS as a source for migration, an EAS Environment needs to be added, and configured as follows:

1.Go to the EAS Environment page (Configuration -> EAS Environment)

2.Click Add.

3.Enter the details required to connect to the EAS Environment.

4.Go to the System Configuration page for EAS, and enter the URL to be used to connect to the EAS WebServer.

Map modules to link

The newly added EAS Environment will be added as a Link to the Links page, but modules may still need to be associated with it. This can be achieved as follows:

1.Go to Configuration > Links.

2.Select the EAS Link which was created previously.

3.Click Map Modules and check and assign the modules on the link.

Map containers - for the test archive

In order to migrate a test EAS archive to an Enterprise Vault environment, the source and target containers must be mapped. This can be done as follows:

1.Navigate to the System Configuration page

2.On the EV Import Module tab, enter the retention category ID to use for the items which will be ingested into Enterprise Vault.

3.Navigate to the Bulk Mapping page.

4.Change the filter for Type, so it is set to EAS. This will show all the discovered EAS archives.

5.Locate the archive you wish to use to test the migration, and select it.

6.With the container still selected, click Add Mappings from the navigation bar.

7.On the Target Container Type screen, select Enterprise Vault, and click [Next].

8.On the Choose target user type screen, select Same User, and click [Next].

9.On the New or Existing Container screen, select Create new containers and click [Next].

10.On the Choose Target Link screen, choose the appropriate Enterprise Vault target link.

11.On the Workflow Policy screen, select the EAS to Enterprise Vault (without archive deletion) option, and click [Next].

12.On the Filter Policy screen, select the Default (No Filter) option, and click [Next].

13.On the Container Mapping Settings screen, select Enabled for both Migration Status and Item Gathering Status, and click [Next].

14.Review the summary screen before clicking [Confirm].

Review Stage 1 Status

A few minutes after the mapping has been created, the program will instruct the appropriate modules to start the actions defined in the mapping. The progress for this stage of the migration can be reviewed by doing the following:

1.Navigate to the Stage 1 (Sync Data) page.

2.Type the beginning of the archive name in the Name filter. Click on the Apply button at the right of the filter row.

3.Once the source archive is displayed, click Refresh from time to time to show the progress of the export of the archive and the ingesting of the data into the target Archive. Continue to click Refresh until both export and import are 100%.

Validate exported data

If there is a large amount of data to export and import, you can view the progress bars for the Stage 1 (Sync Data) move by clicking Refresh from the navigation bar on the Stage 1 (Sync Data) page of the user interface.

In addition, you can use Windows Explorer to browse the export/import storage area data on the disk.

Enable Stage 2

Before enabling Stage 2, the switch, for the test archive, the Stage 1 (Sync Data) page should be checked for issues such as failed item-export or item-import.

To enable Stage 2 for the test archive, perform the following steps:

1.Navigate to the Stage 1 (Sync Data) page.

2.Select the checkbox next to the test archive, and then click Enable Stage 2 in the navigation bar.

3.When the Stage 1 (Sync Data) page is refreshed, there should be a green and white check mark in the Stage 2 Enabled column.

Stage 2 is the switchover to the target environment. A final synchronization is performed of archived items from the source environment to the temporary PST file, before several additional migration tasks are performed.

Review Stage 2 Status

After a few minutes, the progress of the test archive migration will be visible in the Stage 2 Status page, as follows:

1.Navigate to the Stage 2 (Switch User) page.

2.Type the beginning of the archive name in the Name filter. Click on the Apply button at the right of the filter row.

3.Once the source archive is displayed, you can click Refresh from time to time to show the progress of the final stages of the archive migration. By default, since the workflow policy that was selected was EST to Enterprise Vault (without archive deletion), the following steps will be performed:

a)Disable archiving in EAS

b)Import the remaining items in to the target

c)Assign the EV archive to the end user

d)Enable the mailbox for archiving in Enterprise Vault

e)Rename the target archive

f)Update all existing EAS shortcuts in the mailbox and convert them to Enterprise Vault shortcuts.

Verify data has migrated

Once all of the Stage 2 operations have been completed the Stage 2 (Sync Data) for the test archive will have a green and white check mark in the Finished column.

In addition, if Outlook or Outlook Web Access is used to access the test mailbox then all of the archived items will be in the Personal Archive, and no Enterprise Vault shortcuts will remain in the source mailbox.

Metalogix as a source

Stage 1 - Synch

The first task which has to be performed is the discovery of archives in Metalogix. One or more of these archives are mapped and enabled for migration, Archive Shuttle Core sends a command to collect all needed metadata information from each archive. The results are reported back to Archive Shuttle Core to allow item level tracking and auditing.

The Metalogix module and chosen target environment import module then start to process the items from the archives. This runs continuously in the background until the administrator initiates Stage 2 ('Switch') for the archive.

Stage 2 - Switch

Metalogix to Exchange or Office 365

Metalogix to PST

Migrating from Metalogix Archive Manager to a target environment

This section outlines the steps to migrate a single test Metalogix Archive Manager to any supported target environment.

Prerequisites

It is essential that the following steps have been completed prior to beginning the migration:

·All Modules are enabled.

·Appropriate Active Directory Domains have been enabled for scanning.

·The Metalogix target links should be configured with a specific staging area, and with modules associated to the link.

Add a Metalogix environment

In order to use Metalogix as a source for migration, a Metalogix Environment needs to be added, and configured as follows:

1.Go to the Metalogix Environment page (Configuration -> Metalogix Environment).

2.Click Add.

3.Enter the details required to connect to the Metalogix Environment

Map modules to link

The newly added Metalogix Environment will be added as a Link to the Links page, but modules may still need to be associated with it. This can be achieved as follows:

1.Go to Configuration > Links.

2.Select the Metalogix Link which was created previously.

3.Click on Map Modules and check and assign the modules on the link.

Map containers - for the test archive

In order to migrate a test Metalogix archive to an Enterprise Vault environment, the source and target containers must be mapped. This can be done as follows:

1.Navigate to the System Configuration page.

2.On the EV Import Module tab, enter the retention category ID to use for the terms which will be ingested into Enterprise Vault.

3.Open the Bulk Mapping page.

4.Change the filter for Type so it is set to Metalogix. This will show all the discovered Metalogix archives.

5.Locate the archive you want to use to test the migration, and select it.

6.With the container still selected, click Add Mappings from the navigation bar.

7.On the Target Container Type screen, select Enterprise Vault, and click [Next].

8.On the Choose target user type screen, select Same User, and then click [Next].

9.On the New or Existing Container screen, select Create new containers and click [Next].

10.On the Choose Target Link screen, choose the appropriate Enterprise Vault target link.

11.On the Workflow Policy screen, select the Metalogix to Enterprise Vault (without archive deletion) option, and click [Next].

12.On the Filter Policy screen, select the Default (No Filter) option, and click [Next].

13.On the Container Mapping Settings screen, select Enabled for both Migration Status and Item Gathering Status, and click [Next].

14.Review the summary screen before clicking [Confirm].

Review Stage 1 Status

A few minutes after the mapping has been created, the program will instruct the appropriate modules to start the actions defined in the mapping. The progress for this stage of the migration can be reviewed by doing the following:

1.Go to the Stage 1 (Sync Data) page.

2.Type the beginning of the archive name in the Name filter. Click the Apply button at the right of the filter row.

3.Once the source archive is displayed, click Refresh from time to time to show the progress of the export of the archive and the ingesting of the data into the target Archive. Continue to click Refresh until both export and import are 100%.

Validate exported data

If there is a large amount of data to export and import, you can view the progress bars for the Stage 1 (Sync Data) move by clicking Refresh from the navigation bar on the Stage 1 (Sync Data) page of the user interface.

In addition, you can use Windows Explorer to browse the export/import storage area data on the disk.

Enable Stage 2

Before enabling Stage 2, the switch, for the test archive, the Stage 1 (Sync Data) page should be checked for issues such as failed item-export or item-import.

To enable Stage 2 for the test archive, perform the following steps:

1.Navigate to the Stage 1 (Sync Data) page.

2.Select the checkbox next to the test archive, and then click Enable Stage 2 in the navigation bar.

3.When the Stage 1 (Sync Data) page is refreshed, there should be a green and white check mark in the Stage 2 Enabled column.

Stage 2 is the switchover to the target environment. A final synchronization is performed of archived items from the source environment to the temporary PST file, before several additional migration tasks are performed.

After a few minutes, the progress of the test archive migration will be visible in the Stage 2 Status page, as follows:

1.Navigate to the Stage 2 (Switch User) page.

2.Type the beginning of the archive name in the Name filter. Click the Apply button at the right of the filter row.

3.Once the source archive is displayed, you can click Refresh from time to time to show the progress of the final stages of the archive migration. By default, since the workflow policy that was selected was EAST to Enterprise Vault (without archive deletion), the following steps will be performed:

Disable archiving in Metalogix

a)Import the remaining items in to the target.

b)Assign the EV archive to the end user.

c)Rename the target archive.

d)Update all existing Metalogix shortcuts in the mailbox and convert them to Enterprise Vault shortcuts.

Verify data has migrated

Once all of the Stage 2 operations have been completed the Stage 2 (Sync Data) for the test archive will have a green and white check mark in the Finished column.

In addition, if Outlook or Outlook Web Access is used to access the test mailbox then all of the archived items will be in the Personal Archive, and no Enterprise Vault shortcuts will remain in the source mailbox.

Additional information

·Archive Shuttle uses LegacyExchangeDN to pair a user with a Metalogix archive. The values from the LegacyExchangeDN column from the ExchangeMailbox table in Archive Shuttle's database must match the values from the MAILBOXDN column from the EXCHANGEPAMMAILBOXES table in the Metalogix database. If there are no results in the ExchangeMailbox table, then the Address column in the UserProxyAddress table will be used.