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130 Administrator’s Guide SurfControl Web Filter v5.5
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ATABASES
Managing databases
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ARCHIVE
Archiving your database, improves system performance by reducing its size and optimizing storage. To
perform an archive of your database:
1Select Database Management from the Web Filter Manager > Maintenance from the appropriate
collector or database in the Navigation tree.
2 Select the Archive check box from the Database Management tab.
3 Click Browse and specify a location to save the archived database to.
The default location is drive C, but you may want to specify a different location, to prevent the archive
file being overwritten the next time you archive your database.
4 Choose Unique date-based filename to save you overwriting an existing archive file.
5 Click Run Tasks to begin the Archive.
If you have left all the options at their default settings, with all check boxes clear, you will archive your
whole database to
C:\Archive.dat.
PURGE
Purging your database reduces its size by removing connection details for users, sites and groups. You
can purge your database in various ways from the Purge tab.
To Purge the Database:
1Select Database Management from the Web Filter Manager > Maintenance from the appropriate
collector or database in the Navigation tree.
2 Select the Purge check box from the Database Management tab.
3 Choose from the following purge options:
• Purge All - Removes all connection details.
• Purge Unused Items Only - Removes connection details that are no longer necessary.
• Save Today's data - Removes all but that day’s connection details.
• Save data from the last “N” days - Where “N” is the number of days to retain connection details.
• Save data from DD/MM/YY - Removes all connections details before the date specified.
• Purge Range - Removes all connections for the specified range.
• Advanced Settings - You can choose to remove sites which have not been accessed in the last
24hrs, but are outside of the purge range. Select the Remove Sites with checkbox and set the
number of hits. Sites will be removed that have less than, or equal to, the number of hits specified.
The Advanced Settings are not available if you have selected Purge All or Save Todays data.
4 Click Run Tasks to start the Purge.
Note: Manually categorized sites that meet the Advanced Settings criteria will not be deleted