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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide
  3. Understanding OpsCenter settings
  4. Configuring the data purge period on the OpsCenter Server
  5. Settings > Configuration > Data Purge options
Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide

Settings > Configuration > Data Purge options

By default, data purge is enabled.

Data purge settings help you manage the retention of the data that you have collected from NetBackup. For each data type, you can set the data retention in days. After the specified number of days, the corresponding data is purged from the OpsCenter database. Once the data is purged, you cannot retrieve it. For each data type, you can either use the default setting or change it as required.

Edit the default data purge options as follows:

Table: Data Purge options

Option

Description

Enable Data Purge

To change the default data purge settings, select the Enable Data Purge option.

Enable Expired Image Purge

Select this option to purge the images that have expired in the NetBackup catalog.

Backup Job

Set the number of days after which you want to purge the backup jobs (default is 220 days).

The number of days set for backup logs should be less than or equal to the number of days set for backup jobs. In other words, logs can be purged earlier than their respective jobs, or they can be purged at the same time.

Backup Log

Set the number of days after which you want to purge the Backup logs (default is 3 days).

Tape Drive History

Set the number of days to retain Tape Drive History logs (default is 31 days).

Media History

Set the number of days to retain Media History logs (default is 31 days).

Alert

Enter the number of days for which you want to retain the Alert data (default is 31 days). Alert data older than this number is purged from the OpsCenter database.

SLP Images

Number of days for which the SLP data should be retained (default is 90 days).

Audit Trail

Number of days for which you want to retain the Audit Trail records.

Note:

By default, data purge for Audit Trail is set to 420 days.

Time of Purge

Enter the time of day (in 24-hour clock format) when you want to purge the data.

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