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NCM archives

Researching to find out how many config changes the NCM can save. In other words if I needed a running config from 2 years ago - how deep does the NCM save?

  • Hi

    You can find it as a job

    http://oriondemo.solarwinds.com/Orion/NCM/Resources/Jobs/DatabaseMaintenance.aspx?StepIndex=3&NewJob=False

    Default Database and Archive Maintenance Job

    Saturday, July 22, 2017 9:12:26 AM

    Perform Routine Maintenance Job

    Based on your purge config settings, the job will clean up needless inventory, config and web cache data from the database and NCM's server file system.

    Purge configs from the config archive folder older than: 7 Days 2 Weeks 30 Days 3 Months 6 Months 12 Months 2 Years 

    Purge config cache data older than: 7 Days 2 Weeks 30 Days 3 Months 6 Months 12 Months  » Help me choose

    Purge completed Approval Requests older than: 7 Days 2 Weeks 30 Days 3 Months 6 Months 12 Months 

    Purge job log older than: 7 Days 2 Weeks 30 Days 3 Months 6 Months 12 Months  greater than: 1 MB 2 MB 5 MB 10 MB 50 MB 

    Purge config transfer requests older than: 7 Days 2 Weeks 30 Days 3 Months 6 Months 12 Months 2 Years 

  • I've also noticed that the configuration files of nodes which have been renamed end up lasting much longer in the archives--perhaps indefinitely.