Novell SENTINEL RAPID DEPLOYMENT 6.1 - 12-2009 User Manual page 271

Sentinel partitioned tables are organized into two groups. One is the EVENTS table group,
which includes EVENTS and CORRELATED_EVENTS; the other is the summary table
group, which includes all summary, or aggregate, tables. If any one of the tables in the group is
selected, the changes apply to all the tables in the group.
3 At the bottom of the window, select the tab that relates to the operation that you want to
perform : Add, Delete, Archive, Import, or Release.
To add partitions
1 Select the Add partitions tab.
2 Specify the number of days to use for adding the partitions.
You can specify the number of partitions in Partition Configuration in the SDM GUI.
3 Click Add.
To delete partitions:
1 Select the Delete partitions tab.
2 Specify the number of days after which older partitions will be deleted.
3 Click Delete.
To import partitions:
1 Select the Import partitions tab.
2 Select the partition in the Segment table into which the data will be imported.
You can specify the input directory in the Archive Destination field in the Partition
Configuration tab in the SDM GUI.
3 Click Import.
To release imported partitions:
1 Select the Release partitions tab.
2 In the Segment table, select the partitions that need to be released.
3 Click Release.
Archiving Partitions
Events, correlated events, and aggregation (or summary) tables can all be archived by using the
SDM. There are several requirements for archiving:
The directory to which the partitions are archived must already exist on the database server (not
the machine running the SDM); the SDM does not create the directory.
You cannot archive the data to the
You must have permissions to write to the archive directory.
To archive partitions:
1 Select the Archive partitions tab.
2 Specify the number of days the older partitions are archived for.
directory.
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