Purging Logs

With a large number of log entries being recorded each day, a system can soon become vulnerable to threats like a compromise of confidential information, a surplus of outdated information, and so on. For security reasons, regular purging of old data comes as a highly recommended practice.

To enable purging of log records:

  1. To access the navigation pane, in the top-left corner of the screen, hover the mouse pointer over the icon.
  2. From the menu displayed, click Settings.

  3. On the Settings page, from the navigation pane on the left, click General.
  4. Under General settings, click Purging.

    The Settings :: Purging screen is displayed.
  5. To configure the log purging settings, on the Settings :: Purging page, click the Logging tab.
  6. Under the Logging tab, enter the following details:


    Field Description
    *Logging Purge Duration (in Days) Enter the number of days, the interval, after which logs will be purged.
    *Maximum Logging count Enter the maximum number of the most recent logs that have to be retained. For example, if you set this value to 10,000, all logs after the first 10,000 logs will be purged.
    All * marked fields are mandatory.
    Note: Excess logs will be purged even if the maximum logging count is exceeded before the next purging cycle is scheduled.
  7. Click Save.