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Archive Storage Settings

On the Logger Appliance, Event Archives are saved to a specific NFS or CIFS mount point. For the Software Logger, event archives are saved to the specified directory, which can be a path to a local directory or to a mount point on the machine on which the Software Logger is installed. To establish a mount point, see the specific operating system documentation.

To perform Archive Storage Setting setup:

If you are using the Logger Appliance, create the NFS or CIFS mount point. (See Storage and Remote File Systems.) If you are using Software Logger and intend to use an NFS or CIFS mount point, ensure that the external storage point is mounted on the machine on which Logger is installed. See your system’s operating system documentation for more information.

1. Go to the Configuration > Storage > Archive Storage Settings

2. Specify a mount location and an archive path for each storage group. You can specify a different path for each storage group, thus enabling the Logger to archive events to a different location for each storage group.

   You can configure settings for all storage groups on the Archive Storage Settings page even if you do not intend to archive all of them. Logger enables you to only save the storage group paths that have a mount configured and ignore the empty fields.

   • On Logger Appliances: Select (from the drop-down list) a path in the Archive Path field appended to the path specified in the mount location. This location can be an NFS mount, CIFS mount, which is configured using the Logger user interface.

   For example, if the mount location you selected refers to the path /opt/ARCHIVES, and the archive directory in that location is archivedir, then specify archivedir in the Archive Path field.

   • On Software Logger: Enter a complete path where the archive file will be written in the Archive Path field. This path could be a local directory or a mount point already established on the Logger host.
   Tip: On Software Loggers, the Mount Location field does not exist.

3. Click Save.

   If all fields are blank or without any changes, Logger will display a "No changes have been made" message. Otherwise, Logger will acknowledge the configuration showing "Archive Storage Settings saved successfully" message.

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