If access control events are allowed to accumulate in the ICPAM database, the storage and backup requirements of the database tables can become unmanageable and affect system performance. To avoid this condition, use the event management feature to automatically prune old events from the main ICPAM database, and create compressed archive files of historic events. The archive file includes a password-protected SQL script, and can be run on an offline database to view the purged events.
This event management process is defined during initial system setup, as described in the Entering the Initial Server Configuration . Use the instructions in this section to change the pruning and archiving settings.
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