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Retention Policy

The retention settings enable you to specify the duration for which you want to retain alerts or archived data. Additionally, you can view a list of deleted server configurations along with the status of the data belonging to those servers.

Configuring data retention settings

Follow the steps below to enable alert or archive retention settings.

  • Select File Audit from the application drop-down.
  • Go to Configuration > Storage Management > Retention Policy.
  • Check Enable Alert Retention and specify the number of days for which you want to retain alerts.

    • Note: The retention settings apply to alerts of all categories.

  • Check Enable Archive Retention and choose the time interval for which you want to retain archived data.
  • Click Save.

Note: In case you want to change when data is archived, follow the steps in the archive help page.

Managing scheduled deletions

Follow the steps below to view or edit the deletion schedule of audited data belonging to deleted servers

  • In the Enable Archive Retention panel (Configuration > Storage Management > Retention Policy), click Retention status of deleted servers to open a pop-up.
  • From within the pop-up, you can:
    • View the details of audited data belonging to deleted servers.
    • Immediately delete previously audited data: Click the Delete icon next to the deleted server.
    • Stop the scheduled deletion of previously audited data: Click the Retain icon next to the deleted server.

    Note: To view previously audited data belonging to deleted servers, reconfigure the deleted server and disable it to view the data without auditing the file server.

  • Click OK.

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