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Managing databases

MANAGING DATABASES

As SurfControl Web Filter builds up its database of Internet traffic, you need to consider how to manage the volume of data it contains. Web Filter has a database management tool that enables you to manage your data efficiently.

Figure 11-1The Database Management Tool

With this tool you can perform the following tasks on your databases.

Archive

Purge

Compact

Delete

Restore

The tool is available from the Web Filter Manager > Maintenance > Database Management for the appropriate collector or database in the Navigation tree. The Purge, Archive and Compact options can also be set up as events in the Scheduler. See "Database Management" on page 142 for more details on setting up these tasks in the Scheduler.

When you installed Web Filter you could choose to set up an automatic Archive followed by Purge scheduled event. This event is configured to run once a month. You can configure the settings for this event by selecting it in the Scheduler and clicking Configure.

Note: You can set up tasks to run individually or you can configure the Database Management tool to perform an Archive, Purge and Compact task at the same time.

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5.5 specifications

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