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14 Database Maintenance
This chapter provides information about the storage system that GFI EventsManager uses to store
processed events. This system allows great scalability with its fast read/write capabilities; even when
processing high volumes of data. To help you maintain your database backend, GFI EventsManager
provides you with dedicated maintenance job options.
Database maintenance jobs provide advanced functionality to administrators, allowing them to:
Centralize events collected by other remote GFI EventsManager instances into one database back-
end
Optimize GFI EventsManager performance by actively controlling database backend growth hence
keeping it in good shape
Import and export data to and from older versions of GFI EventsManager without data incon-
sistencies.
Import and export events to and from a storage folder minimizing data loads from the database.
Topics in this chapter:
14.1 Managing the database backend 242
14.2 Creating maintenance jobs 252
14.3 Editing maintenance jobs 281
14.1 Managing the database backend
This section describes how you can easily manage your backend database through GFI EventsManager
Management Console.
This section contains information about:
Creating a new database
Protecting your database
Enabling database record hashing
Switching databases
Configuring database rotation options
14.1.1 Creating a new database
GFI EventsManager enables you to have multiple databases to store processed event logs. Through
the Events Browser, Reporting tab and other locations, you can easily switch from one database to
another, allowing you to view events or generate reports from multiple databases. Databases can be
further secured by encrypting them with a password.
To create a new database:
1. From Configuration tab > Options > Configurations, right-click File Storage and select Configure
file storage….