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Database retention settings control how long data is stored in the primary database and if any of that data is moved to an archive.  You can access retention settings in the ELM server Edit document.

 

From the Explorer panel, right-click on "ELM Server" near the top of the tree and select Edit to open the document.

 

You can scroll down to Database Retention or select it from the Current Page option.

 

Database Retention:

 

Event Retain Days - Number of days worth of event data to keep in the primary database.  If you are set to archive, the data will be moved when older than this number of days.  If you do not have an archive the data is deleted after this many days old.

Performance Retain Days - Number of days worth of performance to keep in the primary database.  If you are set to archive, the data will be moved when older than this number of days.  If you do not have an archive the data is deleted after this many days old.

SNMP Retain Days - Number of days worth of SNMP data to keep in the primary database.  If you are set to archive, the data will be moved when older than this number of days.  If you do not have an archive the data is deleted after this many days old.

Archive Events - Yes, or No, do you want to archive event data or just prune that data. This option is available if you have created an archive database.

Archive Performance - Yes, or No, do you want to archive performance data or just prune that data. This option is available if you have created an archive database.

Archive SNMP - Yes, or No, do you want to archive SNMP data or just prune that data. This option is available if you have created an archive database.

Delete Database when all Data Older than Days - If using an archive, ELM will delete an archive database when all of the data contained in it has reached this many days old.

 

 

Archive Filters

 

Archive filters allow you to filter what data will be moved to an archive database.  For example, you may want to collect all data initially but only keep security data for compliance reasons.  The filters available are part of the same filter library available throughout ELM.  You have an option to select from your existing list of Include and Exclude filters.  By default, all events collected and will be included in the archiving process.  If you wish to archive certain data you can select which filters to use from the lists provided.  

 

See Also: Create a Filter

 

Prune Schedule

 

The pruning schedule specifies when data will either be deleted or moved to an archive.  The default is for ELM to run pruning at midnight every day, with these settings you can change the time when the pruning runs and also configure days/time for exclusion.