Archiving documents

Meridian allows archiving of documents and metadata to a location outside of the vault. The files can then be copied to an offline media or imported into a different system.

Archiving documents can be useful:

• To create long-term storage copies of completed projects for future reference or auditing purposes
• To remove old revisions of documents that are no longer required
• To reclaim disk space occupied by unused documents

Archiving is performed by the Vault Archive Wizard in the Meridian Enterprise Administrator. The wizard gives you control over:

• Which documents are archived.
• Where to create the archive files.
• Which of several standard formats in which to store the metadata.
• Which revisions are archived.
• What data is removed from the vault for archived documents, if any.
• When the archive process will occur, immediately or at a scheduled time.

The following topics describe how to archive documents and the various options available.