Users Guide
Implementing DAP | Getting Started
OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide 73
Implementing DAP
Database Aging Policies (DAP) prevent the OpenManage Network Manager database from filling
up by filling up by deleting old records. You can also save designated contents to an archive file on a
specified cycle. Database Aging Policies configure which contents to archive, the archive location,
and the configuration of that archive file.
To view and manage such policies, right-click an item with them (for example, an alarm), or click
Manage > Control Panel
, and under
Redcell
click
Database Aging Policies.
Policies appear in the
Aging Policies
tab of this screen, with columns that indicate whether the
policy is
Enabled,
the
Policy Name, Details
(description),
Scheduled Intervals
and icons triggering
three
Actions
(
Edit, Delete
and
Execute
). Notice that the bottom right corner of this page also lets
you
Enable/Disable/Execute All
policies listed.
The following steps are typical for implementing DAP:
1
From the screen listing Database Aging Policies (DAP), click
Add Policy
, and select a policy
from the displayed list of alternatives.
2
This opens the
Aging Policies Editor
.
3
In the
Aging Policies > General
tab, specify the name, schedule interval, whether this policy
is
Enabled
, and so on.
4
Specify the
Archive Location
. Those listed are the
Repositories
listed on the Repositories
panel. You can manage those on that tab.
5
Click the Options tab.
6
Specify either the archiving and retention you want, or further specify sub-policies that refine
the items archived, and specify archiving and retention for those sub-policy elements. Which
one you can specify depends on the type of DAP you are configuring.
7
Click
Apply
until the displayed screen is the DAP manager.
8
View/Verify DAP.
DAP archives information into the specified repository under the installation root. You can
open archived .xml data with
dapviewer
. Launch this application from a command line
after setting the environment with
oware
in Windows or
. ./etc/.dsienv
in Linux.
Archived data is deleted from OpenManage Network Manager’s database. You can verify that
by querying whether archived data still exist. You also can backup your database if you want to
preserve records not yet archived.