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Archive Tools Operator Guide

Introduced: v1.2 (PLAN-1620)

This document links together the three standalone tool guides for operating a Cesivi archive farm. Each tool has its own dedicated guide; this page serves as the starting point.

Tools overview

Tool Guide Purpose
Cesivi.StorageBrowser STORAGE_BROWSER.md Read-only tree browser for auditing archive metadata directly against a live server
Cesivi.StorageConverter STORAGE_CONVERTER.md Lossless migration between storage backends (FileSystem ↔ Sqlite ↔ SqlServer ↔ LiteDb) including all 7 archive substores
Cesivi.Setup wizard SETUP_WIZARD.md Installer wizard for deploying a new Cesivi instance, with optional archive-mode branch
Guide What it covers
ARCHIVE_MODE.md Enabling / disabling archive mode per site
ARCHIVE_IDENTITY.md Federated identity + user snapshot fallback
ARCHIVE_IMPORTER.md Full-fidelity migration tool importer
ARCHIVE_AUDIT.md WORM audit log substrate
ARCHIVE_INTEGRITY.md Long-term hash-chain integrity verification
ARCHIVE_RETENTION.md Retention enforcement + HIPAA/GDPR/SOX mapping
ARCHIVE_LEGAL_HOLD.md Legal hold application, release, eDiscovery
ARCHIVE_CONTROLCENTER.md ControlCenter Archive Admin Bundle

Typical operator workflow

  1. Provision the archive farm with Cesivi.Setup (see SETUP_WIZARD.md). Enable Archive Mode on the Components page. Configure WORM backend, retention defaults, and federation mode.
  2. Import content from the source SharePoint farm using the MigrationTool (see ARCHIVE_IMPORTER.md).
  3. Verify the archive using Cesivi.StorageBrowser (see STORAGE_BROWSER.md): check archive badges, retention counters, legal hold locks, and integrity status.
  4. Migrate storage backends (e.g. file system to SQL Server) with Cesivi.StorageConverter (see STORAGE_CONVERTER.md). All seven archive substores are preserved in the conversion.
  5. Ongoing compliance via ControlCenter (see ARCHIVE_CONTROLCENTER.md): audit log, integrity walks, retention expiry, legal holds.

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