Configuring data retention settings
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Configuring data retention settings

Data Insight enforces the data retention policy twice a month. Archived index segments can be restored using a command line utility called indexcli.exe. The utility is also useful to enforce a more granular archiving or purging policy, if the global option is not sufficient for your needs.

See indexcli.exe.

You can configure the duration for which you want Data Insight to retain various types of data and the duration after which you want to purge data. Automatic archiving and purging of data is not enabled by default.

To configure the data retention period

  1. Click Settings > Data Retention.
  2. On the Data Retention details page, click Edit.
  3. Enter the following information:

    Archive access data automatically

    Do the following:

    1. Select the check box to enable archiving of file system or SharePoint events.

    2. Enter the age of the data (in months) after which the data must be archived.

    3. Enter the path of the archive folder.

    In case, you want to archive access data immediately, execute the following command on the Indexer node:

    INSTALL_DIR/bin/configcli execute_job
DataRetentionJob

    Purge access data automatically

    Select the check box to enable purging of file system or SharePoint access events, and enter the age of the data (in months) after which the data must be deleted.

    Purge Data Insight system events automatically

    Select the check box to enable purging of Data Insight system events, and enter the age of the data (in months) after which the data must be deleted.

    Data Insight system events are displayed on the Settings > Events page.

    Purge alerts automatically

    Select the check box to enable purging of alerts, and enter the age of the alerts (in months) after which they must be deleted.

    Automatically purge data for deleted shares or site collections

    Select the check box to enable purging of data pertaining to deleted shares. This option is enabled by default.

    If you clear the check box , the index data for the share or site collection remains on the disk until the global archive or purge takes place. Thus, if you decide to decommission a filer, or site collection, the data continues to be available for reporting.

  4. Click Save.

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