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Maintenance
Use this area to configure the frequency of database maintenance tasks, and to manually trigger these
tasks on the appliance.
System | Appliance Management | Database Maintenance | Maintenance
When run, the maintenance tasks trim the contents of the reporting database and items identified
using the Message Search feature according to the settings in the Retention Limits area.
McAfee recommends that you clean up the reporting database and
message search items regularly to prevent the database from becoming
too large.
Table 219 Option definitions
Option
Definition
Maintenance schedule Select the frequency that the appliance carries out database maintenance tasks.
The default is every 30 minutes.
Reset Database
Enter the password and then click Reset Database to return the database to its
default state.
Maintain Database
Click to manually start the database maintenance tasks ever X minutes. The
database checks for items in the reporting database or identified using the
Message Search feature have reached the retention limit that you set.
Appliance Management — System Administration
The System Administration page provides the tools to safely turn off or reboot your appliance, and
provides the tools to manage your rescue images.
System | Appliance Management | System Administration
Table 220 Option definitions
Option
System Commands
on
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Manage Internal Rescue
Image
on page 227
All information within the database will be lost.
Definition
Use this page to safely turn off the appliance, reboot the appliance, or
revert to factory default settings.
To prevent tampering or accidental stopping, you must type the
password to operate these features.
Use this page to force the appliance to boot from a rescue image on the
hard disk or a USB drive, and to import and export rescue images.
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