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McAfee
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Quarantine Manager
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6.0 User Guide Managing Settings and Diagnostics
Managing the database
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General
To set up various quarantine options, select the General tab to display the general
database management options.
1 To set up the maximum size of items that will be quarantined, select the
General tab.
2 In the
Maximum Item Size (MB), type the maximum number of megabytes per item for
storage. Larger files are rejected and returned to their McAfee product(s) point of
origin. The default value is
100MB.
3 In the Maximum Query Size, type the maximum number of rows to be returned from a
query. The default value is
1000.
4 Click Apply to save the changes.
Purge of Old Items
The database must be regularly purged to delete any quarantined items that are older
than the specified limits. During a purge, the database remains operational, although
performance may be affected. McAfee recommends that you schedule this task to run
after normal working hours.
1 In
Purge of Old Items, select:
 Never — To specify never purge any old or quarantined items.
 Days — To specify how frequently, in days, the purge of quarantined items takes
place, and at what time of day.
 Weeks — To specify how frequently, in weeks, the purge of quarantined items
takes place. You can also specify on which day(s) and at what time of day the
purge takes place.
 Months — To specify on what day of the month and in which month(s) the purge
takes place. You can also specify at what time of day the purge takes place.
2 Click
Apply to save the changes.
User-based Purge
You can use User-based Purge to purge quarantined items of specific user(s). You can
also specify whether to purge all items, older items or newer items of the specified
user.
In
User-based Purge, you can select:
 All Items — To purge all the quarantined items of the specified user(s).
 Older Items — To purge all the quarantined items of the specified user(s) that are older
than the specified date.
 Newer Items — To purge all the quarantined items of the specified user(s) that are
newer than the specified date.
Note
Under When, specify the time when the purging of quarantined items must start, for all
options except
Never.