Cisco Systems 4.1 Purging Configurations from the Configuration Archive

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Chapter 8 Archiving Configurations and Managing Them Using Archive Management
Purging Configurations from the Configuration Archive
You can check the status of your scheduled job by selecting Resource Manager Essentials > Job
Mgmt > RME Jobs.
Purging Configurations from the Configuration Archive
You can specify when to purge archived configurations. This frees disk space and keeps your archive at
a manageable size.
By default, the purging jobs are disabled.
You can purge configurations based on two criteria:
• Number of versions to retain. Maximum number of versions of each configuration to retain.
The oldest configuration is purged when the maximum number is reached. For example, if you set
the maximum versions to retain to 10, when the eleventh version of a configuration is archived, the
earliest (first version) is purged to retain total number of latest archived versions at 10.
• Age. Configurations older than the number of days that you specify are purged.
The Labeled configuration files are not purged even if they satisfy either of the purge conditions
(Maximum versions to retain and Purge versions older than options in the Archive Purge Settings
window) unless you enable the Purge labeled files option in the Archive Purge Settings window.
The labeled files are purged only if they satisfy the conditions given in the Maximum versions to
retain and Purge versions older than options.
Archive Management will not purge the configuration files, if there are only two versions of these files
in the archive.
Archived configurations that match the purge criteria that you set are purged from the system. This purge
policy applies to Running configuration only.
Caution Ensure that the configuration change detection schedule does not conflict with purging, since both
processes are database-intensive. Also backup your system frequently to prevent losing versions.
Note View Permission Report (Common Services > Server > Reports) to check if you have the required
privileges to perform this task.
The workflow to define the Configuration Archive purge policy is:
Step 1 Select Resource Manager Essentials > Admin > Config Mgmt > Archive Mgmt > Purge Settings.
The Archive Purge Setup dialog box appears.
Step 2 Select Enable.
Step 3 Click Change to schedule a Purge job.
The Config Purge Job Schedule dialog box appears.
Step 4 Enter the following information: