Enterprise Vault for Exchange Certification
Exams
there are three different certifications:
- Enterprise Vault SSE (Symantec Sales Expert) : this is an online test
- Enterprise Vault SSE (Symantec Sales Expert) Plus : this is an online test
- Enterprise Vault STS (Symantec Technology Expert) : this test can be booked at Prometric Exam Centers
I'll focus on the latter / technical STS certification.
The latest version of Enterprise Vault at the moment is version 10.
The technical test for this version of the product is:
ST0-118 : Symantec Enterprise Vault 10.0 for Exchange Technical Assessment
The exam objectives for the STS exams are:
- Section 1
- Overview, Architecture and Planning
- the technological benefits of archiving
- the components
- Section 2
- Installation and Configuration
- Section 3
- Administration
- sites
- targets
- archives
- storage groups
- VAC ( Vault Administration Console )
- Enterprise Vault Management Shell
- Enterprise Vault Policy Manager ( EVPM )
- retention categories
- provisioning groups
- enabling/disabling mailboxes
- archiving tasks
- sql databases
- indexes
- Exchange roles-based administration role types
- importing and exporting pst's. pst migration.
- Outlook Add-in
- Outlook Web-access/App extension
- Vault Cache
- Virtual Vault
- Section 4
- Monitoring, Reporting and Troubleshooting
- options for monitoring archive status
- audit logging options and interpret Exchange audit logging output
- interpret Exchange Reporting Services
- Troubleshoot server and client issues
- Section 5
- Backup, Recovery and Availability
- components that require a backup
- How to backup and recover Enterprise Vault
- How to configure Enterprise Vault for high availability
- How to configure EV using building blocks
Learning Material
- The Enterprise Vault product manuals:
- Administrator's guide
- Deployment scanner
- Installing and Configuring
- ...
Hands-on Experience
- You must have had experience with installing and configuring an Enterprise Vault environment for Exchange archiving.
- Troubleshoot advanced problems with DTrace, client trace, EVSVR and event logs.
- Manage message queues
- Configure public and managed folder archiving
- Size and design an Enterprise Vault environment.