Adjusting the criteria for the Auto-Purge of NetVault Backup Logs (4045267)

The NetVault Backup Log Daemon uses a default policy to delete obsolete logs, and accordingly deletes all system logs that are older than 31 days. You can override this behavior with one of the following types of user-defined policies:

• Age-based Purge Policy – Select this policy type to delete logs that older than a certain number of days.
• Page-based Purge Policy – Select this policy type to delete log pages when the total pages exceeds a certain number.

Adjusting the criteria for the Auto-Purge of NetVault Backup Logs is performed via the Logging Daemon tab on the NetVault Configurator.

Age-based Purge Policy – For a purge policy based on the log age, configure the following parameters:

1. In the Auto-Purge Method list, select Exceeds Log Age.
2. In Auto-Purge Entries That are Older Than, enter or select the maximum age for the logs. The log age is specified in number of days. The default value for this parameter is 30 days.

Page-based Purge Policy – For a purge policy based on the page size, configure the following parameters:

1. In the Auto-Purge Method list, select Exceeds Number of Pages.
2. In Auto-Purge When the Number of Log Pages Exceeds, enter or select the maximum number of log pages that can exist at any given point of time. The default value for this parameter is 10 pages.

By default, automatic purging occurs every 3 hours. Theis value can be altered by changing the Select the Time Interval to Auto Purge field on the same Logging Daemon tab on the NetVault Configurator.