Hi Simon,

 

There are some powershell commands that can set and release EV’s backup mode. Toward the tail end of EV’s Admin Guide, it shows how to set & release the backup mode. The EV installation ISO has some pretty extensive documentation (think about how much NetBackup has, EV is on par with NBU in that category).

 

The powershell stuff will put the EV volumes into read-only mode while backups run so it’ll minimize any stuck-open files.

I’m pretty sure that, at that point, a file-level will get it there if you set it up to clear the archive bit on backup.

 

There’s a link here: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH172279

It’s more database centric, but it does have some info on what to do.

 

FWIW, here are the bits on using the powershell cmdlets in backup scripts (from the EV Admin’s Guide):

%SystemRoot%\SysWow64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell -psconsolefile "C:\Program Files (x86)\Enterprise Vault\EVShell.psc1" -command "& {set-vaultstorebackupmode -name 'Express Vault Store Group' -evservername EVserver -evobjecttype vaultstoregroup}"

%SystemRoot%\SysWow64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell -psconsolefile "C:\Program Files (x86)\Enterprise Vault\EVShell.psc1" -command "& {clear-vaultstorebackupmode -name 'Express Vault Store Group' -evservername EVserver -evobjecttype vaultstoregroup}"

You should be able to put these in the bp start/stop notify scripts.

 

You’ll need to work with your EV admins (assuming you’re not the EV administrator) to get the vault store group names (“Express Vault Store Group” above), and EV environment details. All that is in the EV administrator console on the server, but a lot of it is accessible only to the account that’s the specified EV Administrator (we use a service account here).

 

Hope that helps,

~ Robin