Managing inactive data from the Folder Activity tab

You can perform any data management action on the folders which are listed as Inactive subfolders.

To manage inactive subfolders

  1. Click the Workspace tab.
  2. Navigate to the folder where inactive folders are present. By default, the Overview tab displays a summary of the folder including details of the files in the folder.
  3. Click Folder Activity. Or right-click the file or folder in the navigation pane, and select Folder Activity. By default, Data Insight displays the time-wise activity details of the selected folder.
  4. Click Inactive Subfolders. You can view the details of the subfolders that have not been accessed during a specified time period. The default duration is set for Last 6 Months.You can use the Time Filter to customize the time duration for which you want to see the inactive subfolders.
  5. Select the check box for the subfolder(s) that you want to manage.
  6. Click the action selector icon at the bottom of the tree-view pane. A menu appears with the following icons:
    • Archive - Click to archive the folder(s) using Enterprise Vault.

    • Custom Action - Click to execute a custom action.

      Note:

      The name of the Custom Action icon appears as defined in the configuration for the custom action. Up to two custom actions can be configured for data management actions like deleting data, or archiving data. For more information on configuring a custom action, refer to the Veritas Data Insight Administrator's Guide.

    • Custom Index Property - You can push classification tags while archiving files into Enterprise Vault to enable faster search while searching from Enterprise Vault. Select the check box Add Custom Index Property. You can select a Property type from the drop-down box like Text, Integer or Date. Depending on what you select, text boxes corresponding to Set, Name and Value appear. You must specify the name of the property set, the name of the property and the value of the property which will constitute the classification tag that will be pushed while archiving files into Enterprise Vault. For more information on adding classification tags while archiving files into Enterprise Vault, refer to the Data Insight Administrator's Guide.

  7. If you click the Archive icon, the Archive Files dialog displays. Select the following options:
    • Retention Category: Select an option to indicate how long the archived data has to be stored, before it is allowed to be deleted.

    • Post Processing Action: Select an option to indicate how to handle the source data, after the archive operation is complete.

    Click Archive.

  8. If you click the Custom Action icon, the Confirm Custom Action Execution dialog displays. Click Yes.

Note:

You can view the status of the archiving operation on the Settings > Action Status page.

More Information

About Retention categories

About post-processing actions