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Scheduling audit results and snapshot removal

Because audit results and snapshots (results of a snapshot specification) can accumulate over time, especially those that run on a recurring schedule, you can configure your SA core so that after a specified number of days audit results and snapshots will be deleted from the core.

Note that this setting only applies to those audit results and snapshots that have not been archived. Archived results can only be deleted from the SA Client manually.

Additionally, there are two other conditions where an audit result or a snapshot will not be deleted by these settings:

  • If the snapshotis being used as the target of an audit
  • If the audit result or snapshot is the only result of either an audit or snapshot specification

To configure audit results and snapshot removal:

  1. Select the Administration tab in the SA Client.
  2. In the navigation pane select System Configuration > Configuration Parameters. This displays the SA components, facilities, and realms that have system configuration parameters.
  3. In the list of SA components, select Data Access Engine. This displays the system configuration parameters for this component.
  4. Locate and modify the following system configuration parameters:
    • Locate the spin.cronbot.delete_audits.cleanup_days parameter. Enter the new value directly, or select the new value button and enter the number of days that must elapse before all non-archived audit results will be deleted. If you select Default value, no audits will deleted.
    • Locate the spin.cronbot.delete_snapshots.cleanup_day parameter. Enter the new value directly, or select the new value button and enter the number of days that must elapse before all non-archived snapshots will be deleted. If you select Default value, no snapshots will deleted.
  5. Select the Revert button to discard your changes or the Save button to save your changes.