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How do i stop the system from automatically deleting files in a SharePoint share?
I am network administrator for a theater that relies heavily on files from previous year's activities. Since migrating from a local server to SharePoint, the system account has been deleting files o...
jcgonzalezmartin I used the standard MSFT migration tool. The files migrated and looked fine until a couple of days later a system process came through and "cleaned up" the result is a folder structure with no files in it and all the files in the recycle bin for the share. If I restore them from the bin, they stay for a few days then are removed again.
That's strange...do you have any filter configured in the SPMT?
- Nope - all files are migrated and stick around for a week or so before the system process "cleans up" Looking at the dated in the recycle bin for one of the shares, it looks like the process runs every 2 weeks (8/5 and 8/19). Also, I created and migrated a new site on 7/8 and on 7/15 all of
the files were moved to the recycle bin leaving an empty structure. The last modified date on the base folder was 5/2019.- Mmm...worth to open a support ticket so they can dig into what might be happening here. I would also recommend to do a test migration using the migration manager to see what happens