Sentinel automatically deletes old report to optimize the usage of disk space. Sentinel performs the auto deletion of reports once per day, the same time the event partitions are processed. You can define the report retention period as desired. You can also define how many reports should be deleted at a time and whether the auto deletion should start the first time you start the Sentinel server.
In new installations of Sentinel, the default report retention period is 60 days. In upgrade installations of Sentinel, the default report retention period is 365 days.
To configure auto deletion of reports:
Log in to the Sentinel server as an administrator user.
Open the /etc/opt/novell/sentinel/config/configuration.properties file.
Configuring the reports retention period:
New installations of Sentinel include the report.result.retention.period property. For upgrade installations of Sentinel, you need to manually add the report.result.retention.period property.
Set the desired value for the report.result.retention.period property.
For example, report.result.retention.period=70.
Here, 70 represents the number of days the reports are retained before deleting it.
Configuring the number of reports to be deleted at a time:
By default, the number of report results deleted at a time is 50.
Set the desired value for the report.result.retention.period.limit property.
For example, report.result.retention.period.limit=90.
Here, 90 represents the number of report results deleted at a time.
Configuring the server to delete reports every time you start the server:
report.result.retention.period.loop=true
Restart the Sentinel server.