contentACCESS documentation – version 3.1

  1. Introduction to contentACCESS
    1. Services provided by contentACCESS
    2. Software requirements
  2. contentACCESS setup package
    1. Installation of contentACCESS
  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. contentWEB
      1. Logging in to contentWEB
      2. contentWEB 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)
    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
    2. Tenant limitations
    3. How to provide access to a tenant (adding new tenant administrators)
    4. Tenant administrator invitation types
  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. General use cases of how to create/assign roles
      7. Managing access to contentACCESS objects
    6. Login providers
      1. Login providers’ context menu options
      2. External login provider configuration
      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. Monitoring — how to find out possible misconfigurations / reasons of potential system/job failures
    11. Distributed environment in contentACCESS — Clusters
    12. Statistics
    13. How to create/configure databases — All databases
  7. Common features
    1. Databases
    2. Schedules
    3. Retentions
    4. Storages
    5. Exchange connections
      1. Exchange performance settings – turning off the Exchange throttling policies
      2. Hybrid 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. 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 contentWEB
    11. Configuring aliases
    12. Configuration of jobs available in contentACCESS File Archive
    13. Configuration of File system archive job
    14. Configuration of a File system restore job
    15. Configuration of File system recovery job
    16. Configuration of Remote shortcutting job
    17. Active/inactive documents in File system archive
  11. Email Archive
    1. Important settings before creating an Email Archive job
    2. Database settings
    3. Email archive System settings
    4. Email archive Provisioning settings
    5. Retention settings
    6. Shortcuts in email archiving
    7. Storing of archived emails
    8. Creating email archive schedulers
    9. User experience
    10. Exchange 2013+: Mail app in OWA 2013+ or on MS Outlook 2013+ desktop version
    11. Exchange 2010: OWA 2010 integration
    12. Address book objects
    13. Granting access rights for mailbox users and explicit users to view the mailbox archive
    14. Creating contentWEB users (option 1)
    15. Manage access to a mailbox archive (option 2)
    16. Database and store assignment in email archiving
    17. How to assign database and storage to an Exchange group?
    18. How to assign database and storage to a mailbox?
    19. How to move data from source database/storage into a second (target) database/storage?
    20. Creating Email archive jobs: archive, restore, recovery, mailbox move, shortcut synchronizaion, shortcut repair
    21. Email archive job
      1. Email archive job configuration
    22. Email restore job
      1. Email restore job configuration
    23. Email recovery job
      1. Email recovery job configuration
    24. Mailbox move job
      1. Mailbox move job configration
    25. Shortcut synchronization job
      1. Shortcut synchronization job configuration
    26. Shortcut repair job
      1. Shortcut repair job configuration
    27. Public folder archiving
      1. How to configure a job to archive public folders
      2. Public folders in the contentWEB archive
      3. User permissions to public folders
      4. Public Folder archiving in hybrid Exchange environments
  12. SharePoint archive plugin
    1. SharePoint Archive settings
    2. SharePoint Archive job configuration
    3. SharePoint recovery job configuration
    4. SharePoint archive Provisioning settings
    5. SharePoint Publishing job
    6. SharePoint in the contentWEB archive
  13. Custom plugins
    1. Email management job configuration
    2. Storage replication plugin
    3. Sharing plugin
    4. Datengut plugin
    5. Email synchronizer plugin
  14. officeGATE
  15. accessGATE Mobile
  16. Virtual drive configurations
  17. Application settings
  18. Terms of use
  19. 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 problem
    5. Unable to open shortcuts of archived file 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

11.21.1.Email archive job configuration

In this use case we will configure an email archive job, which will archive the mailbox items of mailbox “edit.balazsy@tech-arrow.com” that are older than 1 year but younger than 2 years. The archived items will be replaced with HTML shortcuts. The archive process will run each working day from 5 PM CET till midnight. By this processing type it is a must to configure the following sections on the job’s configuration page:

✓ Processing settings:
The administrator may select here, if he would like to use MAPI protocol to communicate with the Exchange server. EWS (Exchange Web Services) connection is selected by default, if MAPI is not selected here. It is important to know, that O365 Exchange server does not support MAPI connection. Another requirement to use MAPI is to have Exchange server 2013 or earlier version.
Since some other functions might still use EWS, the EWS connection must be configured in any cases.
With checking Split attachments option the attachment will be stored separately from the email body. By default this (recommended) option is always turned on.
On this use case we will use EWS and we will split the attachments, too.

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✓ Database settings:
For database settings select an already configured connection from the dropdown list, where the metadata will be stored. We have configured for our archived emails database “Email Archive DB”, so we set it here. (For further information how to set database connections please refer to section Databases).

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✓ Scheduling settings:
In this step the running time(s) of the Email archive 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 from the dropdown list. For an email archive job it is recommended to set a Week schedule with repeat, which will start the job running at the same time on every day. In our use case we set a scheduler which starts the archive job each day after the business hours (starts at 5 PM CET and ends at midnight). (For more information about how to set schedulers refer to the section Schedules above.)

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✓ Storage settings:
For storage settings choose an already configured storage from the dropdown list. The processed binaries will be stored here. On the screenshot below we selected our already configured disk type store: “Email Archive store”). (For more information how to set storages check section Storages above.)

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✓ Shortcut settings:
In the mailbox the archived emails will be replaced with the shortcuts that is set here. You will be able to select from the shortcuts that you have previously configured in section Shortcut configuration above. If the mailbox items have not been archived yet (are archived for the 1st time), check the “Apply to NOT ARCHIVED items” checkbox. It is recommended to use HTML shortcut for emails/attachments that are 1 to 2 years old, so we select the “HTML_emails in age 1-2 years” shortcut here.

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Note: If the items are already archived (e.g. with the “Keep original” method), but they need to be replaced with shortcuts, check the second checkbox and specify a shortcut that should be used (Journal shortcuts cannot be used for ALREADY ARCHIVED items). It should be mentioned, that these 2 processes will always run in 2 stages (even if both processes are configured within one job). By the 1st job running the  items will be archived, by the 2nd job running the (archived) items wil be replaced with the selected shortcuts.

You can also set the age and size of the emails to be archived. For Age filter and Size filter settings click on the corresponding “Change” button and set the age of the emails that should be archived and the size of the items to be archived. The maximum size that can be set is 1024, and the available size units are: KB, MB, GB, TB. It is important to keep in mind that the sent date of the emails is the determinative date in case of the age filtering.

Note: Email archive size filter is limited to 2 GB (gigabytes). Size filter uses the message size aquired from EWS (Exchange web service). This message size can be different from the value displayed in Outlook.

In this use case we will process all emails regardless of the file size, so we set the value to “0”.

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Note: Shortcutting methods can be also combined when configuring an Email Archive job. For more information refer to section “Combining the shortcutting methods”.

✓ Retention settings:
Under Retention settings choose an already configured retention time from the dropdown list. The archived emails will be stored during this time in the storage, and it will be impossible to delete them from there. It is highly recommended to select a retention time which is required by the law of your country. (For more information how to set retentions check section Retentions above.)

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✓ Address book objects to process:
Here the administrator may select the mailboxes, groups or the entire Exchange server which will be processed by the archive job. Click on the Documentation340.1select option and check the desired groups or servers in the Mailbox selection window, then click on OK. In this use case we will archive mailbox “edit.balazsy@tech-arrow.com”, so we select it from the list:

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Note: It is possible to archive journal mailboxes as well. Just select this option in the Mailbox selection window, and in the “Include folders” configuration section set %INBOX%.

  • When a journal message is retrieved in the mailbox, the inner message is retrieved;
  • When a journal message is restored, the whole envelope is restored;
  • When a journal message is previewed (in contentWEB archive), the inner message is displayed;
  • When a journal message is exported to PST, the inner message is exported.
  • ✓ Include folders:
    Email archive job is crawling the entire mailbox or recursive folder structures from the mailbox for further processing. Before you enter the folder name(s) to be crawled, it is necessary to select the folder filtering type.

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    If you set Entire mailbox, then the whole mailbox including all folders will be processed. If you set One single folder type, then only one pre-selected folder will be processed (e.g. if you set %INBOX%\Subfolder1, then only Subfolder1 will be processed). If you set Recursive, starting from a single folder filtering type, then all folders starting from the defined folder will be processed (e.g. if you set %INBOX%\Subfolder1, then starting from Subfolder1 every subfolder will be processed in the structure). The same rule applies to the Multiple folders, and to the Multiple recursive, starting from a single folder, too, but in this case we can work with more folders simultaneously (e.g.: %INBOX%, %OUTBOX%\Folder name 5…or…%TASKS%, %CALENDARS%\Folder name 6).

    Important: It is highly recommended to specify the root mailbox folders using wildcards (%). Wildcards ensure, that the given mailbox folder (e.g. the “INBOX” folder) will be processed regardless of the language settings of the mailbox. This is important mainly for companies who archive mailboxes using different languages. Subfolders must be added to a root folder with a backslash (\).

     

    It is important to bear in mind, that with selecting “Recursive, starting from a single folder” filtering type under “Include folders” section, and leaving the folder path textbox empty the whole selected mailbox will be archived:
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    In our use case we select the whole “INBOX” to archive:

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    ✓ Exclude folders:
    With this function you may set, which folders/subfolders should not be archived. If you would not like to exclude any folder from the archive 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) they may be imported in one of the available file formats via the import option.

    Important: Due to different language settings in the user mailboxes, it is highly recommended to specify the root folders using wildcards (%). Subfolders must be added to a root folder with a backslash (\).

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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. %INBOX%\TECH-ARROW pattern on the picture below means that “TECH-ARROW” folder on the “INBOX” root folder will be excluded.

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      Test pattern button
      This button is used to check, if the entered pattern will be suitable for the path that the user would like to exclude from the archiving process. With clicking on the Test pattern button, open the Test pattern matching window. Enter the folder path into the Folder path field (this time without the % sign), and click on Test button.The test will be successful, if the Pattern was entered correctly into the Exclude folder window.

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    2. Import the list of exclude folders:
      Exclude folders may be imported from 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 exclude folders.
      Important: Root folders must be specified in wildcards (%) in the import files. Subfolders must be added to a root folder with a backslash (\). To import such a file with the list of folders refer to chapter Importing contentACCESS configurations from files of this guide.
    3. Excluding folders with special characters

      Also the folders including special characters like brackets, hyphens, question marks etc. can be excluded from the archiving process. To exclude such folders from the archiving process, the special characters included in the folder(s) must be excluded using the backslash “\” escape character. The escape character must be added before the special character to be excluded, in the Exclude settings of the archive job’s configuration page.

      E.g. you have such a structure in the mailbox: INBOX\Important (folder)

      and the “Important (folder)” must be excluded (the special characters are the brackets), then you must specify the folder to be excluded like this: INBOX\Important \(folder\)

      This information is available at the bottom of the Exclude folder window:

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    ✓ Item filtering
    This configuration enables filtering among your items by their message class. Using this filter the user will be allowed to select different document types, such as mails, documents, contacts etc. to archive.

    Note: The message classes excluded in the Email archive System settings take always priority over the Item filtering settings defined in the archive job.

     

    Important: In case of custom Exchange solution(s) used for emails the custom email properties will not be archived! The recommended solution: do not archive these emails and/or use the exclude feature (in Email archive System settings) for these custom message classes.

    To set message class filters in the archive job activate the Message class filter button by checking the checkbox next to it, then click on the active button.

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    In the Message class filter dialog it is possible to choose if the filter will be applied for all message classes (choose radio button Apply for all message classes) or only for many selected classes (Apply for selected message classes). It is also allowed to add Custom message classes to the already existing ones. In this use case we will archive emails and documents only:

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    ✓ Exclude addresses
    With the “Exclude addresses” feature you may exclude certain

    The filtering option is configurable and it filters emails based on

    • recipient(s),
    • sender(s) or
    • both (recipients and sender).

    The list of ojects to be excluded may be

    1. Added to contentACCESS manually using the +new option;
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      Click on +new to open the Exclude address dialog. Enter the object to be excluded, and select the Exclude type (Sender, Recipient, All) to be applied.
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    2. Imported into contentACCESS from a file using the import option.
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      The file to import usually contains 2 columns: first column with the email addresses (or domains), 2nd column with the information if the object is sender, recipient or can be both. A sample import file may be viewed using the “Download sample” button. (For more information refer to chapter Importing contentACCESS configurations from files.)
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    ✓ Notification settings.
    Select here, when you will need to get notification emails from the Email archive job. It is possible to set here, if you need such a notification email always/never, or, you need it only in case when an error/warning occurred during the archiving process − for example, if the archive of one or more items failed, then you may get a notification email about this error. Into the Recipient list textbox insert the email address(es) of the person(s), who will get such notifications. Notifications should be used if the administrator does not use the monitoring feature.

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    ✓ Resource settings.
    Set the value, which will determine how many items will be processed simultaneously by the email archive job. The recommended value is “2”.

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    ✓ Save your changes!

    Combining the shortcutting methods in an Email archive job
    What are the advantages of combining the shortcutting methods for the user?
    Companies use the “Keep original” archiving method on a daily base. This archive method ensures, that the emails and its attachments are ready at hand during the time when they are still in use. After certain time period (usually after 6 months) it is redundant to keep these emails in the mailbox(es), as they take up too much space. However, these emails must be still easily accessible at any time. From this reason, it is recommended to replace them with shortcuts, which save space in the mailboxes but guarantee easy access to the older mailbox items. With combining the shortcut methods the end user will easily achieve the demanded result.

    This use case will demonstrate how to configure an Email Archiving job, which will archive the items older than 10 days, while keeping them in the original file location. The job will also replace these items with shortcuts after 6 months. The job combines the “Keep original” archiving method with the shortcutting after the item reaches a certain age (6 months in this use case). The size of the items to be archived and shortcutted can be set as well.

    Note: If two archive processes are combined (as in this use case), then the archive process will run in two stages, too. By the first job running the emails will be archived while keeping the original, by the 2nd job running these items will be replaced with shortcuts.

    The following steps should be executed to set up an email archive job using the advantages of this method:

    ✓ Set up a new Email Archiving job and open its configuration page.
    ✓ Set all required sections on the job’s configuration page.
    On the configuration page of the Email Archiving job navigate to the “Shortcutting” section, and check the “Apply to NOT ARCHIVED items” checkbox.

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    ✓ Set the “Keep original” archive method for items which are older than 10 days. Choose the “Keep original” option from the dropdown menu and set that all items older than 10 days will be archived.

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    ✓ Apply the shortcutting to the items archived with the “Keep original” method, which are older than 6 months and larger than 100 kB. Choose HTML shortcut type, which will be used by the job.
    Check the “Apply to ALREADY ARCHIVED items with keep original shortcutting method” checkbox. Choose the already configured “HTML” shortcut from the dropdown list. Set the sent date to 6 months and the size to “larger than 100 kB”.

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    Note: Please keep in mind that the sent date of the email is the determinative date. The age and size of the emails to be archived/shortcutted can be modified anytime by using the “Change” buttons.

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    USE CASE: How to set up the shortcutting if all items should be archived and items under 100 kB should be kept in the original location, while items over 100 kB should be replaced with shortcuts? In this use case set the size filter in the 2nd!!!! row only (refer to screenshot above) to >100 kB and do not set a size filter in the 1st row.

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    ✓ Save your settings and wait until the job starts to run according to the configured scheduler.

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