contentACCESS documentation – version 5.3

  1. Introduction to contentACCESS
    1. Services provided by contentACCESS
    2. Software requirements
  2. contentACCESS setup package
    1. Installation of contentACCESS
      1. EULA
      2. Installation type
      3. Components
      4. Prerequisites
      5. Base folder
      6. Service settings
      7. Database connection
      8. contentACCESS Central Administration
      9. contentACCESS Web Services (Proxy)
      10. contentACCESS Portal
      11. Central login
      12. Virtual drive
      13. Search service
      14. SMTP server
      15. Overview
      16. Installation
      17. Summary
  3. contentACCESS components
    1. contentACCESS Central Administration
      1. Central administration login
      2. contentACCESS Automated single sign on
      3. Central Administration logout
      4. contentACCESS Central Administration user interface
    2. contentACCESS Portal
      1. Logging in to contentACCESS Portal
      2. contentACCESS Portal Automated single sign on
    3. Virtual drive
    4. contentACCESS Web Services (Proxy)
    5. Central login page
  4. contentACCESS Tools
    1. Installing Outlook forms
    2. Legacy email archive connectors
    3. Legacy archive connector for Metalogix Archive Manager Exchange Edition (MAM EE)
      1. Installing Legacy MAM retrieve service and its configuration on the MAM server
      2. Configuration of the MAM server in contentACCESS Central Administration
    4. Legacy archive connector for Email Lifecycle Manager (ELM)
    5. Installing TECH-ARROW’s WinShortcutter
    6. contentACCESS Outlook add-in
      1. Installation of contentACCESS Outlook add-in
      2. How to use contentACCESS Outlook add-in
  5. Tenants in contentACCESS
    1. How to create a new tenant
      1. How to edit and disable a tenant
    2. Tenant limitations
    3. How to provide access to a tenant (adding new tenant administrators)
    4. Tenant administrator invitation types
    5. Tenant associations
      1. Tenant - database association
      2. Tenant - user association
    6. Tenant deletion
  6. General system configurations
    1. Connection
    2. User interface
    3. Users in contentACCESS
    4. Invitations
    5. Roles
      1. Creating roles
      2. Role details
      3. Role assignment
      4. Defining specific permissions of a role assignment
      5. Editing roles, editing role assignments
      6. Role cloning
      7. General use cases of how to create/assign roles
      8. Managing access to contentACCESS objects
    6. Login providers
      1. Login providers’ context menu options
      2. External login provider configuration
        1. Configuring Google OAuth
        2. Configuring Office 365 login provider
        3. Exchange login provider
        4. External AD login provider
      3. Associating an enabled provider with a user login
      4. contentACCESS users in third party systems
    7. System
    8. Licensing
      1. How to activate your license key
    9. Notifications
    10. System logs — how to find out possible misconfigurations / reasons of potential system/job failures
    11. Configuration auditing
    12. Archive auditing
    13. Distributed environment in contentACCESS — Clusters
    14. Statistics
    15. Legal hold
    16. Task runner
    17. Indexing
    18. SMTP Servers
    19. SMTP Mappings
    20. Sharing job
    21. Sharing settings
    22. How to create/configure databases — All databases
  7. Common features
    1. Databases
    2. Schedules
    3. Retentions
    4. Storages
      1. Amazon S3
      2. Google drive storage
      3. Datengut storage
      4. Azure storage
      5. Disk storage
      6. HybridStore
      7. Perceptive storage
      8. Kendox storage
    5. Exchange connections
      1. Exchange performance settings – turning off the Exchange throttling policies
      2. Mixed Exchange environments in the Email Archive system
    6. Importing contentACCESS configurations from files
      1. Manual import of Exchange servers/groups/mailboxes to the contentACCESS Address book
      2. Importing File Archive root folders to be archived
  8. Creating new jobs in contentACCESS
  9. Jobs’ page, jobs’ context menu
  10. Filtering in jobs
  11. File Archive
    1. Introduction to File system archive
    2. File archive settings
    3. File archive Databases
    4. File archive System settings
    5. File archive Retentions
    6. File archive Storages
    7. Root folders
    8. Aliases
    9. File archive Schedules
    10. Provisioning settings and managing access to contentACCESS Portal
      1. File system provisioning job description
    11. Remote agents (file archive)
    12. Global rules (remote file archive)
    13. Configuring aliases
    14. Configuration of jobs available in contentACCESS File Archive
    15. Configuration of File archive retention changer job
    16. Configuration of File system archive job
      1. File system archive job description
    17. Configuration of a File system restore job
      1. File system restore job description
    18. Configuration of File system recovery job
      1. File system recovery job description
    19. Configuration of Delete job in File archive
      1. File system delete job description
    20. Configuration of File system shortcut synchronization job
      1. File system shortcut synchronization job description
    21. Configuration of Remote shortcutting job
      1. File system remote shortcutting job description
    22. Active/inactive documents in File system archive
  12. Email Archive
    1. Important settings before creating an Email Archive job
    2. Database settings
    3. Email archive System settings
      1. Hybrid exchange settings
      2. Email archive registration on Azure portal for Modern authentication
    4. Email archive Provisioning settings
      1. Email archive provisioning job description
    5. Retention settings
    6. Shortcuts in email archiving
    7. Storing of archived emails
      1. LoboDMS storage
    8. Creating email archive schedulers
    9. User experience
      1. Exchange 2013+: Mail app in OWA 2013+ or on MS Outlook 2013+ desktop version
      2. Exchange 2010: OWA 2010 integration
    10. Address book objects
      1. Adding address book objects manually
      2. Removing groups and mailboxes from the Address book
    11. Granting access rights for mailbox users and explicit users to view the mailbox archive
      1. Creating contentACCESS Portal users (option 1)
      2. Manage access to a mailbox archive (option 2)
    12. Database and store assignment in email archiving
      1. How to assign database, storage and index zone to an Exchange group?
      2. How to assign database, storage and index zone to a mailbox?
      3. How to move data from source database/storage into a second (target) database/storage?
    13. Mail app access
    14. Remote agents (email archive)
    15. PST import
      1. PST import job description
    16. Creating Email archive jobs: archive, restore, recovery, delete, mailbox move, shortcut synchronizaion, shortcut repair
    17. Email archive job
      1. Email archive job configuration
      2. Email archive job description
      3. Email archive journal processing
        1. Recommendations after turning on journal archive
      4. Archiving of rights protected messages
    18. Email archive retention changer job
    19. Email restore job
      1. Email restore job configuration
      2. Email restore job description
    20. Email recovery job
      1. Email recovery job configuration
      2. Email recovery job description
    21. Configuration of Delete job in Email archive
      1. Email delete job description
    22. Journal post processing job
      1. Journal post processing job configuration
    23. Mailbox move job
      1. Mailbox move job configuration
      2. Mailbox move job description
    24. Shortcut synchronization job
      1. Shortcut synchronization job configuration
      2. Email shortcut synchronization job description
    25. Shortcut repair job
      1. Shortcut repair job configuration
      2. Email shortcut repair job description
    26. Public folder archiving
      1. How to configure a job to archive public folders
      2. Public folders in the contentACCESS Portal archive
      3. User permissions to public folders
      4. Public Folder archiving in mixed Exchange environments
    27. Access to private emails and archiving them
    28. SMTP archiving
  13. SharePoint archive plugin
    1. SharePoint Archive settings
    2. SharePoint Archive job configuration
      1. SharePoint archive job description
    3. SharePoint archive retention changer job configuration
    4. SharePoint recovery job configuration
      1. SharePoint recovery job description
    5. Configuration of Delete job in SharePoint archive
      1. SharePoint delete job description
    6. SharePoint archive Provisioning settings
      1. SharePoint provisioning job description
    7. SharePoint Publishing job
      1. SharePoint publishing job description
    8. SharePoint in the contentACCESS Portal archive
  14. OneDrive archive
    1. OneDrive Archive job configuration
    2. OneDrive archive Jobs
  15. GDPR plugin
    1. GDPR Settings
      1. GDPR Databases
      2. GDPR Schedules
      3. GDPR Index zones
    2. GDPR Processing
      1. GDPR File system settings
      2. GDPR Exchange settings
      3. GDPR Applications
      4. GDPR Jobs
        1. GDPR File system job
          1. GDPR file system job description
        2. GDPR Exchange job
          1. GDPR Exchange job description
        3. GDPR Application job
          1. GDPR application job description
  16. Teams archive
    1. Teams archive databases
    2. Teams archive System settings
    3. Teams archive Provisioning settings
    4. Teams archive Address book
      1. Removing objects from Teams archive Address book
    5. Teams archive Licensing
    6. Teams archive Jobs
      1. Teams archive job
      2. Teams chat archive job
      3. Teams recovery job
        1. Teams recovery job description
  17. Custom plugins
    1. Email management job configuration
    2. Storage replication plugin
    3. Sharing plugin
    4. Datengut plugin
    5. Email synchronizer plugin
    6. Categorize to Public folders plugin
    7. LoboDMS plugin
  18. ThreatTest
    1. ThreatTest configuration
      1. ThreatTest Databases
      2. ThreatTest System settings
      3. ThreatTest Schedules
      4. ThreatTest User experience
      5. ThreatTest Statistics
      6. ThreatTest Job
    2. Using ThreatTest App
  19. officeGATE
  20. contentACCESS Mobile
  21. Virtual drive configurations
  22. Teams application
  23. Application settings
  24. Terms of use
  25. FAQ
    1. Download sample for the file to be imported does not work
    2. Archiving is not working if MAPI is set to communicate with the Exchange server
    3. Virtual drive is still appearing after the uninstall
    4. Outlook forms problems
    5. Unable to open shortcuts of archived files on the server side
    6. Samples are not shown using 'Show sample" option in the Import dialog
    7. Do I need to create separate tenants for file archiving and email archiving
    8. What is the recommended database size for email, file and Sharepoint archiving
    9. The TEMP folder is running out of space when archiving big files
    10. The attachment could not be opened
    11. After updating Exchange 2013, the EWS connection might not work in contentACCESS
    12. If Windows authentication is not working in contentACCESS and an alias was created for contentACCESS
    13. contentACCESS Outlook add-in certificate issue
    14. PowerShell scripts for setting up Email archive
    15. Solution for Outlook security patches
    16. Solution for Outlook security patches through GPO
    17. Solution for indexing PDF files
    18. O365 SuperUser mailbox configuration
    19. Office365 journaling
    20. Organizational forms
    21. Multifactor authentication
    22. Region setting
    23. contentACCESS Mail app installation issue
    24. Azure app registration
  26. Troubleshooting

11.18.Configuration of File system recovery job

File system recovery jobs are used to re-generate a file system from the archive back into the original file location. This processing type can be used in the following cases:

  • The entire folder structure has been deleted;
  • One or more folders have been deleted;
  • One or more documents from the folder(s) have been deleted and the user needs to get back these already archived documents from the archive.

The file system recovery can reconstruct the entire folder structure from the archive: the items that have been already archived will be put back into their source location. It will also create the folder if it was deleted from the folder structure. It is possible to recover any part of the structure:

  • One or multiple folders;
  • Recursive folder structure;
  • One or more folder contents.

The file system recovery job is checking for the duplicates, so the same recovery job can be run safely multiple times, duplicates will not be created:

  • If there is a shortcut for the recovered file in the folder – the file won’t be recovered;
  • If the file is already present in the folder – the file won’t be recovered;
  • If the same file is archived multiple times into the same folder – only the youngest file will be recovered.

The user has multiple options what to recover; it is possible to recover either the original file or the shortcut. The recovery job can be also used if the user archived the files with the “delete” method and these files should be put back into the file system.

To create a recovery job, navigate to File Archive ⇒ Archive ⇒ Jobs control button and click on +new. In the Add new job instance dialog, select File system recovery job from the dropdown list, select a node where the job should run from the Run on node dropdown list (if you would not like to specify a node here and the job should run on any available node, then select “Any available”), enter a Display name and click on Add.

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On the File system recovery job’s configuration page the user is required to set the following sections:

✓ Report mode settings:
If the Use report mode checkbox is checked, the job will run in report mode. After the job finishes its run in this mode, the user will be able to download a .csv report file here in this section. The file will contain a list of files that belong to the folder(s) that is (are) selected in section Folders to process of the job and some information to them, including whether they will be processed or not.

✓ Scheduling settings:
In this step the running times of the recovery job must be selected. It is possible either to select a scheduler from the list or to create a new scheduler via create new option. Recovery jobs are run only in specific cases. In most of the cases it is recommended to set a One time scheduler for the recovery job (e.g. with start date 7th of September at 6 PM), or to start the job manually from the status bar. (For more information about how to set schedulers refer to the section Schedules above.)

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✓ Processing settings:
In this section, the user configures what will be recovered and how it will be recovered:
Recover – what will be recovered

  • Files and structure: the recovery job will create the archived folder structure and recover the files from the archive
  • Structure only: the recovery job will create the archived folder structure, but no files will be recovered

Overwrite existing file – when to overwrite the file if it already exists in the target location

  • Never: do not overwrite existing files with the archived version
  • Always: always overwrite existing files with the archived version
  • If older than the archived version: overwrite only if the modification date of the existing file is older than the modification date of the archived file
  • If newer than the archived version: overwrite only if the modification date of the existing file is newer than the modification date of the archived file

Set the modification date of recovered items to

  • Original: the modification date of the archived item will be set on the recovered file
  • Recovery date: the date, when the recovery job is running will be set on the recovered file

What to recover

  • Last known version: the job will recover the latest version of the item from archive
  • Specific date: the job will recover the version that was valid at the specified time. It means the version having modification date older or equal to the specified date.

Shortcut processing type

  • Recover original: the job will recover the original file
  • Recover shortcut: the job will recover the shortcut. If the user selects the shortcutting option, it is also required to specify the Virtual drive server name. By using the Use default option, the Virtual Drive that was already configured on the Virtual Drive configuration page will be automatically preselected. It is recommended to use this option, because if the settings are changed on the Virtual Drive configuration page, the value will be automatically used by the job, too, without a need to change the job’s settings.

✓ Folders to process:
In this section the user is required to specify one or multiple archive folder(s), or recursive folder structure(s) that were deleted and need to be recovered from the archive. There are multiple options how to add new source location(s) with content needed to be recovered:

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  1. Via the + new option:
    Click + new. The Folder to process dialog will open. First, we select the Root (source) file path from the dropdown list and enter the subfolder to the Relative path text box if necessary. Next, select where the files from the folder will be recovered to:

    To original location – items will be recovered to the place where they were archived from
    Click on the To original button. You can test the accessibility by clicking on the Test button. Click OK.

    To specific location – items will be recovered to a different folder
    Click on the To specific location button. A new dropdown list will appear. Here you select the destination folder for the recovery (it must also be previously configured as a Root folder). You can also enter the subfolder to the Relative path text box if necessary. You can test the accessibility by clicking on the Test button – in this case, it checks the accessibility of both locations (the upper “source” and the below “target” location). Click OK.

  2. It is also possible to import the files to recover from a file, where the file path(s) are specified. To import this file, click the “import” button and follow the steps specified in chapter Importing contentACCESS configurations from files of this guide.

Important!!! It is highly recommended to specify the file location as a path that can be accessed from anywhere. This is quite important also if the user has contentACCESS installed in a distributed environment (using multiple cluster nodes).

✓ Exclude folders
With this function you may set, which folders/subfolders should not be recovered. The same rules apply for these settings is in the file archive job. If you would not like to exclude any folder from the recovery process, you can skip these settings.

The folders may be excluded using one of the available methods: a) They may be added manually via the + new option; b) or may be imported in one of the available file formats via the import option.

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  1. Add exclude folders manually:
    Click on + new option. In the Exclude folder dialog’s textbox specify the folder(s) to be excluded. Use the hints that are featured in the same dialog.

  2. Import the list of exclude folders:
    Exclude folders may be imported as files in one of the available formats: CSV, XML, Tab delimited files or Space delimited file. The file to be imported must contain the list of folders. To import such a file with the list of folders refer to chapter Importing contentACCESS configurations from files of this guide.

✓ Filtering settings:
Click on the Change filter button and set the filtering according to your needs and/or regulations. To learn more about how to work with filtering settings, please, check this section of our documentation.

Note: In certain cases, the creation date of a file is set to younger date than the modification date of a file. This happens when a file is copied to another external disk (for example from disk G to disk I). In this case, the creation date will be set to the date of the copy action. Because of this, we recommend to always check Filtering settings if something does not get processed.

Important!!!: When the user changes the file content of an already archived item, e.g. deletes a picture from the file and saves it to the original location, (and thus the file size will be reduced e.g. from 110 to 85 kB) and file size filter is set on >100 kB, then job will not process the item during the next run.
For this reason, it is recommended to always check also the size filter settings if an item has not been processed.

✓ Modification date
The files can be recovered either with the original modification date or with the recovery date. It is recommended to set the recovery date if the folder is already processed by an archive job and the user wants to prevent the folder from re-archiving.

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✓ Notification settings:
The user may select here, in which cases he needs to get notifications from the recovery job. It is possible to set here that the notification emails will be sent only in case of errors or warnings, or they can be sent in all cases, too. Into the Recipient list textbox the user should insert the email addresses of the people, whom these emails should be sent to. Notifications emails may be used as tools of the troubleshooting process.

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✓ Resource settings:
The user may set a value here, which will determine how many items will be processed simultaneously by the recovery job.

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