Validating Volume Contents

Once you have enabled checksums on a volume, you can perform a volume content validation process to determine whether the contents of the volume match the information generated by the checksum. If a file in the volume does not match the value the Server expects, it will be listed in the Volume Content Verification report, which can also be exported as a .csv file.

Note:  Volume content validation must be performed on the individual volumes within a logical volume, rather than on the parent logical volume.

To perform a volume content validation

  1. Start the Laserfiche Administration Console.
  2. In the console tree, expand the desired Laserfiche server item.
  3. Select the desired Laserfiche repository.
  4. If security has been enabled on the selected repository, log in as a user with the Manage Volumes privilege.
  5. Navigate to the Volumes node.
  6. Select the volume to validate.
  7. Open the Action menu or right-click, and point to All Tasks. Select Validate Checksums.... The validation process will run.
  8. When the validation process is complete, the Volume Content Verification dialog will open. It will list the number of electronic files, image files and attachment files that were checked, as well as the number that contained a mismatch, had no checksum information, or were missing data.
  9. If the validation contains any mismatched or missing data, you can download the checksum validation report to determine exactly what information is erroneous. Click the linked number of mismatched or missing files, or the Download Report button, to download the report.

    10. Note: If all volume contents were valid, no report will be generated.

  10. Click Close to close the dialog.

To perform a volume content validation

  1. Start the Laserfiche Web Administration Console.
  2. Select the desired Laserfiche server item.
  3. Select the desired Laserfiche repository.
  4. If security has been enabled on the selected repository, log in as a user with the Manage Volumes privilege.
  5. Click on Volumes.
  6. Select the desired volume.
  7. Click the Validate Checksums button. If you do not see the Validate Checksums button, click the >> to see more toolbar buttons. The checksum validation process will run.
  8. When the validation process is complete, the Volume Content Verification dialog will open. It will list the number of electronic files, image files and attachment files that were checked, as well as the number that contained a mismatch, had no checksum information, or were missing data.
  9. If the validation contains any mismatched or missing data, you can download the checksum validation report to determine exactly what information is erroneous. Click the linked number of mismatched or missing files, or the Download Report button, to download the report.

    10. Note: If all volume contents were valid, no report will be generated.

  10. Click Close to close the dialog.