HP RISS Components manual PST Importer overview, PST Importer process, Archive Request file

11 PST Importer

This chapter contains the following topics:

•PST Importer overview, page 85

•Installing PST Importer, page 86

•Using PST Importer, page 87

•Archive Request file, page 85

PST Importer overview

PST Importer allows system administrators to:

•Load legacy (pre-RISS 1.0) PST files into RISS.

•Scan PST files to ensure RISS finds and archives new messages.

•Provide optional tombstoning of messages in PST files.

NOTE:

PST Importer modifies messages by removing attachments and possibly body content. These altered messages are referred to as tombstones. You might be more familiar with the term stub. Outlook users see a stub icon next to tombstoned messages.

PST Importer process

Use these steps in the PST Importer process:

1.Create or plan to use an existing Archive Request file.

To create the file, use Archive Request Loader manually or with a script.

2.Use Archive Request Loader to validate that each file set in the Archive Request file is available and has not been imported.

Each validated file is added to PST.MDB for processing.

3.Use PST Import Monitor to complete the import process.

PST Importer reads the PST file, and selects messages that have not been tombstoned or archived for processing. Also use PST Importer to modify the message by removing the body (depending on content type) and attachments. This saves the message as a tombstone or stub. Note that tombstoning is optional.

Archive Request file

The Archive Request file defines the set of documents to be archived. Each file requires the following:

•Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path

•Option to distribute emails to all recipients (From, To, Cc, and Bcc)

•Option to tombstone and remove body and/or attachments

•List of user repositories to receive documents

These parameters are supplied in an XML file format generated with Archive Request Loader. You can also provide Archive Request Loader with an XML file created by another method. For a description of each tag and a sample XML file, see "Archive Request file specifications" on page 93.

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