Novell SENTINEL 6.1 SP2 - 02-2010 User Manual page 303

enter the esecadm user's password.
NOTE: NOTE: If you have a distributed Sentinel install, you may need to manually
connect to the main Sentinel Server to delete the identityAccountMap.csv file.
To run Clean_Database.bat on Windows:
1 Open a console, go to %ESEC_HOME%\bin and enter Clean_Database.bat to start the script.
NOTE: At any time you can abort the execution of the cleanup script by entering "q" at any
prompt.
2 At the prompt, indicate which objects you want to remove from the database:
Which objects would you like to cleanup?
(1) Incidents
(2) Identities
(3) Assets
(4) Advisor
(5) Vulnerabilities
(6) Incidents and Identities
(7) All
3 At the prompt, enter the following connection information for the SQL Server database.
SQL Server database server hostname
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SQL Server database instance name (Press ENTER to use the default instance)
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Database port number (Press ENTER to use the default port - 1433)
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Database name (for example, ESEC)
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Database authentication option ("1" for Windows Authentication and "2" for SQL

Authentication)
esecdba password
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NOTE: This option is only required if using SQL Authentication. If using Windows
Authentication, you must run the script as the domain user equivalent to esecdba.
The database connection is verified before proceeding to the next step.
4 If cleaning Incidents, the following things happen:
4a The following prompt displays:
Would you like to backup Incidents first? (y or n) =>
Enter "y" to backup the Incident data (recommended) or "n" to skip the
Incident data backup.
4b If you select "y" to back up the Incidents, enter the destination directory (a full path or a
path relative to the location of the cleanup script) for the backup files.
NOTE: The user running the script must have permission to write to this directory.
4c You will be prompted to confirm the Incident backup:
Backup Incidents to <directory>?
Type "start" to start the Incident backup (deletion) or "abort" to quit without performing
any action. The backed up files will be placed in the specified backup directory.
4d Choose an Incident cleanup option:
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