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Locate and extract data from Open Store files


  • The Vaultastic Open Store is a store where you are preserving data in form of compressed data files such as PST files and ZIP files.
  • To search for and extract data within the files stored on the Open Store, use the following steps
    1. Identify the data file using the file name or last modified date and fetch it. Filenames on the Open Store should have information that will help you identify the users/source with which the data is associated and also the time period.
    2. Locate the data using the content-list or meta data file. 
      1. For data uploaded to the Open Store using LegacyFlo requests, a  CSV file is generated in addition to the compressed data file.
      2. This CSV file has the list of contents of the corresponding data file
      3. The content-list files have the same name as the associated data files and have the .csv extension. 
      4. For a data file with emails (such as EML ZIP or PST), the content-list file will have the date, sender, recipient and subject for each mail within the data file.
      5. For a ZIP file having files from sources such as GDrive or OneDrive, the content list will have the file details such as name, size, etc.
    3. Search through the content list by clicking on the Eye icon shown next to the file.
    4. Once you have identified the file containing the data you are looking for, there are multiple methods of extracting or downloading the data as mentioned in the table below.
MethodFactors determining the time to search for the data
Method 1 (recommended)
Select the files you wish to download and click on the Extract button on the viewer. The system will prompt you to enter the parameters required to fire a LegacyFlo job to extract the required data. The extracted data will be available for download from the Open Store.
  • Lead time for extraction job to get started in LegacyFlo
  • Approx 30 minutes to scan a data file of 50GB
  • Last-mile connectivity to download an extracted data file

Method 2 

You can log into LegacyFlo and submit one or more extract requests. The extracted data will be available on the Open Store for easy download

  • Lead time for the request(s) to get started in LegacyFlo
  • Approx 30 minutes to scan a data file of 50GB
  • Last-mile connectivity to download extracted data
  • NOTE: Requests can be fired in parallel to search through multiple data files

Method 3

For PST or EML in ZIP files, you can create a temporary vault on the Active Store and move the contents of the file to that vault and use the eDiscovery app to search through the data

  • Lead Time for the job to get started in LegacyFlo
  • Approx 1GB/hour conversion from Inactive to Active data

Method 4

For PST or EML in ZIP files, download the data file to your desktop and import it to an email client such as Thunderbird / Outlook or any other software to search through it.

  • Size of the data file
  • Last-mile connectivity to download file
  • Time for the desktop client to import data
Method 5
For any other ZIP file, download the data file to your desktop and unzip it to get the data.
  • Size of the data file
  • Last-mile connectivity to download file