Topic
This article discusses how to preserve documents with Archiver's Legal Hold feature.
Environment
NinjaOne Backup Archiver
Description
Legal Hold allows a company to preserve all compliance-related documents requested by a legal body, regardless of any retention policies in place. Archiver will freeze all retention for data placed in the legal hold until it is removed.
Creating a Legal Hold
1. In the Archiver portal, log into the organization for which you are placing the legal hold.
2. In the navigation menu, click Compliance, then select Legal Hold from the drop-down menu.
Figure 1: The navigation menu (click to enlarge)
3. Name the Legal Hold, use the drop-down menus to enter the data type and specifics, and click Enable Hold.
Figure 2: The Legal Hold modal (click to enlarge)
Additional Resources
- Getting started with Archiver
- Setting Archiver Retention Policies
- Backing Up Private Teams Chats
- Searching Backups With eDiscovery
- Department Sync for Archiver
- Archiver Always-on Email Backup FAQs

