Dropping Partitions - Novell SENTINEL RAPID DEPLOYMENT 6.1 - 12-2009 User Manual

This action uses the following flags:
Table 11-3
Command
-action
-connectFile
-tableName
-keepDays
To run addPartitions:
1 Execute this command as follows:
-action addPartitions -connectFile <filePath> -tableName <table name> -
keepDays <days to add>
PostgreSQL Example:
./sdm -action addPartitions -connectFile sdm.connect -tableName EVENTS
-keepDays 10

11.3.6 Dropping Partitions

The dropPartition action drops all the partitions older than the flag keepDays from the following
tables:
PostgreSQL:
EVENTS
AUDIT_RECORDS
CORRELATED_EVENTS
EVT_DEST_EVT_NAME_SMRY_1
EVT_DEST_SMRY_1
EVT_DEST_TXNMY_SMRY_1
EVT_PORT_SMRY_1
EVT_SEV_SMRY_1
EVT_SRC_SMRY_1
To prevent unintentional loss of data, this action does not drop any partitions that are not archived. If
you want to delete unarchived partitions, use the forceDelete flag.
WARNING: If - forceDelete is used, the deleted data cannot be recovered, so use this option with
caution.
This action uses the following flags:
278 Sentinel 6.1 Rapid Deployment User Guide
Adding Partition Flags
Command FLags
addPartitions
<filePath>
<table name>
<days to add>