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Enable or disable the vpxd.event.syslog option.
The default value for the seing is enabled.
Retention of Events in the vCenter Server Database
You can congure vCenter Server to retain events in the database for a limited period. Discarding events
periodically ensures optimal performance of the database.
In new installations of vCenter Server 6.5, the event clean up option is enabled by default and the default
number of days to retain event messages in the database is 30. You can change this value to the number of
days that you want to retain the event messages in the database.
If you are upgrading or migrating from vCenter Server 6.0 or earlier, and you had the event cleanup option
enabled, your seing to retain events is preserved after the upgrade or migration to
vCenter Server Appliance 6.5.
After the retention period ends, the events are deleted from the database. However, there might be latency
in the deletion of the events that are older than the congured retention seing.
Configure Database Settings
You can congure the maximum number of database connections that can occur simultaneously. To limit the
growth of the vCenter Server database and save storage space, you can congure the database to discard
information about tasks or events periodically.
N Do not use the database retention options if you want to keep a complete history of tasks and events
for your vCenter Server.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, navigate to the vCenter Server instance.
2 Select the  tab.
3 Under , select General.
4 Click Edit.
5 Select Database.
6 In Maximum connections, type a number.
Increase this number if your vCenter Server system performs many operations frequently and
performance is critical. Decrease this number if the database is shared and connections to the database
are costly. Do not change this value unless one of these issues pertains to your system.
7 Select the Enabled check box next to Task cleanup to have vCenter Server periodically delete the
retained tasks.
8 (Optional) In Tasks retained for, type a value in days.
Information about tasks that are performed on this vCenter Server system is discarded after the
specied number of days.
9 Select the Enabled check box next to Event cleanup to have vCenter Server periodically clean up the
retained events.
10 (Optional) In Events retention, type a value in days.
Information about events for this vCenter Server system is discarded after the specied number of days.
11 Click OK.
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