Event management settings are specified during the initial server setup, as described in the Entering the Initial Server Configuration. Use the following procedure to revise the pruning and archiving settings.
Step 1 Log onto the ICPAM Server Administration utility, as described in the Logging on to the ICPAM Server Administration Utility.
Step 2 Choose Setup and then Event.
Step 3 Select the Pruning tab, and specify the following settings:
a. Live Events Window (days)—Enter a value between 0 and 500 (inclusive). This is the number of days of events that will be available on live view. All the events older than the specified days will be removed at the pruning schedule time. For example, enter 30 to keep events in the live view for 30 days. After midnight on day 30, the events are subject to pruning and archiving (depending on the schedule defined in the following steps).
Note
• To ensure that events are
regularly pruned, we recommend entering 30 days or less in the Live
Events Window field. Entering a value greater than 30 can cause
an excessive number of event entries to accumulate in the main database
and negatively impact system performance.
• The
number is rounded to midnight of the last day.
b. Schedule—define the time and frequency when events should be pruned.
– Date—To schedule pruning for one day per month, select Date and then select a day of the month. For example: 15.
– Weekday—To schedule pruning once per week, select Weekday and then select a day of the week. For example: Tuesday.
– Daily—To run pruning every day, select Daily.
– Time—Enter the time in 24 hour format (hh:mm:ss). For example, to run pruning at 2 p.m., enter 14:00:00. To run pruning at 1 a.m., enter 01:00:00.
c. Pruning Hours— This field is enabled only when Daily is selected in Schedule. The default value is one.
Note The 'Pruning Hours' field was added in ICPAM version 1.5.1 release.
d. Select Update to save the changes.
Step 4 Select the Archive tab and specify the archive settings:
Note • Compressed
files containing archived events are listed above the entry fields. The
file name includes the archive date & time. For example: March
01, 2011 11:16:08 AM PDT.
• Only
the three most recent archive files are saved. When a fourth archive file
is added, the oldest file is deleted. You can right-click a filename to
save it to a local or network drive, or use the option in the following
procedure to automatically copy archive files to a remote server. The
file name includes the date and the server software version number. For
example:
– bak-04122016-0933561.5.3_0.3.6.cpam.noevents.zip
is the name of a no-events backup file created 4/12/2016 on a CPAM 1.5.3
system
– bak-05242016-1452592.2.0_0.3.8.ICPAM220.zip
is the name of a full backup file created 5/24/2016 on an ICPAM 2.2.0
system
• No of Historical Events are the number
of historical pruned events that were pruned from the main database table.
See the Understanding
Live, Pruned and Archived Events.
a. Enter and re-enter the administrator Password. Enter and re-enter the administrator Password. This password is used to restore the archive file (similar to backup files).
b. Historic Events Window (days)—Enter the number of days that events will be available for reports. After the minimum number of days the events will be archived to a compressed file. For example, enter 30 to keep events in the live view for 30 days. After midnight on day 30, the events are subject to archiving (depending on the schedule defined in the following steps).
c. Select Automatic Archive to enter a schedule when the historic events will be removed from the database and placed into a compressed archive file (archived files are listed above the entry fields).
Tip De-select Automatic Archive to run manual archive operations only, or to disable archiving on the standby appliance in an HA configuration.
– Date—To schedule archiving for one day per month, select Date and then select a day of the month. For example: 15.
– Weekday—To schedule archiving once per week, select Weekday and then select a day of the week. For example: Tuesday.
– Daily—To run archiving every day, select Daily.
– Time—Enter the time in 24 hour format (hh:mm:ss). For example, to run archiving at 2 p.m., enter 14:00:00. To run archiving at 1 a.m., enter 01:00:00.
d. (Optional) Right-click an archived filename and select a save option from the browser menu.
e. (Optional) Select Copy to remote server to automatically copy the archived event files to a remote FTP or SFTP location.
Note Only the three most recent archive files are saved. If you do not save the archive file manually or by copying it to a remote server, then the oldest file will be permanently deleted when the fourth file is created.
– FTP: for standard File Transfer Protocol servers.
– SFTP: for secure file transfers using the Secure File Transfer Protocol (also known as the SSH File Transfer Protocol).
– Address—the IP address or hostname of the remote server.
– Username—the username required to log in to the server.
– Password—the login password for the remote server.
– Path—the directory path where the compressed archive will be copied. The path must exist on the remote server. If the directory is not available, the archive will fail.
Note If the IP address, username, password, or path is incorrect, or if the server is not available, then the backup is not copied to the remote server. The backup is still created on the ICPAM server.
f. Click Update to save the changes.
See also: