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On 28.10.2013 09:47, Neil Simmonds wrote:

We've been getting some space issues recently on our /xymon filesystem. We don't really want to add more space so I am looking at implementing some housekeeping on the /xymon/data/hostdata folder.

If I run a find command there are nearly 58000 files over 180 days old and I don't really think we need to keep client data from alerts older than that. Is there a built in way to manage this or is it a case of writing a script to manage it?

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From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Torsten Richter
Sent: 28 October 2013 09:16
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Housekeeping on /xymon/data/hostdata

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Hi Neil,

take a look at the trimhistory command delivered with XYmon.
I use it here to delete the history data older than a year.
In addition I also have a script similar to the one on XYmonton that deletes the
RRD files for hosts or tests that get no longer updated.

HTH
Torsten

On 28.10.2013 09:47, Neil Simmonds wrote:

We've been getting some space issues recently on our /xymon filesystem. We
don't really want to add more space so I am looking at implementing some
housekeeping on the /xymon/data/hostdata folder.

If I run a find command there are nearly 58000 files over 180 days old and I don't
really think we need to keep client data from alerts older than that. Is there a built in
way to manage this or is it a case of writing a script to manage it?

Name & Registered Office: EXPRESS GIFTS LIMITED, 2 GREGORY ST, HYDE,

CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, SK14 4TH, Company No. 00718151.

Express Gifts Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial
Services Authority
NOTE:  This email and any information contained within or attached in
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Name & Registered Office: EXPRESS GIFTS LIMITED, 2 GREGORY ST, HYDE, CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, SK14 4TH, Company No. 00718151.
Express Gifts Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority
NOTE:  This email and any information contained within or attached in a separate file is confidential and intended solely for the 
Individual to whom it is addressed. The information or data included is solely for the purpose indicated or previously agreed. Any 
information or data included with this e-mail remains the property of Findel PLC and the recipient will refrain from utilising the 
information for any purpose other than that indicated and upon request will destroy the information and remove it from their records.  
Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Findel PLC. If you are not 
the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, 
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On 28.10.2013 10:31, Neil Simmonds wrote:

I've had a look at that but it looks to me like that is for managing the /xymon/data/histlogs folder not the /xymon/data/hostdata folder.

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Torsten Richter
Sent: 28 October 2013 09:16
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Housekeeping on /xymon/data/hostdata

Hi Neil,

take a look at the trimhistory command delivered with XYmon.
I use it here to delete the history data older than a year.
In addition I also have a script similar to the one on XYmonton that deletes the
RRD files for hosts or tests that get no longer updated.

HTH
Torsten

On 28.10.2013 09:47, Neil Simmonds wrote:

We've been getting some space issues recently on our /xymon filesystem. We
don't really want to add more space so I am looking at implementing some
housekeeping on the /xymon/data/hostdata folder.

If I run a find command there are nearly 58000 files over 180 days old and I don't
really think we need to keep client data from alerts older than that. Is there a built in
way to manage this or is it a case of writing a script to manage it?

Name & Registered Office: EXPRESS GIFTS LIMITED, 2 GREGORY ST, HYDE,

CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, SK14 4TH, Company No. 00718151.

Express Gifts Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial
Services Authority
NOTE:  This email and any information contained within or attached in
a separate file is confidential and intended solely for the Individual
to whom it is addressed. The information or data included is solely
for the purpose indicated or previously agreed. Any information or data included
with this e-mail remains the property of Findel PLC and the recipient will refrain
from utilising the information for any purpose other than that indicated and upon
request will destroy the information and remove it from their records.
Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do
not necessarily represent those of Findel PLC. If you are not the
intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in
error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or
copying of this email is strictly prohibited. No warranties or
assurances are made in relation to the safety and content of this
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consequences arising from it. Findel Plc reserves the right to monitor
all e-mail communications through its internal and external networks.
If you have received this email in error please notify our IT helpdesk
on +44(0) 1254 303030

Name & Registered Office: EXPRESS GIFTS LIMITED, 2 GREGORY ST, HYDE, CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, SK14 4TH, Company No. 00718151.
Express Gifts Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority
NOTE:  This email and any information contained within or attached in a separate file is confidential and intended solely for the 
Individual to whom it is addressed. The information or data included is solely for the purpose indicated or previously agreed. Any 
information or data included with this e-mail remains the property of Findel PLC and the recipient will refrain from utilising the 
information for any purpose other than that indicated and upon request will destroy the information and remove it from their records.  
Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Findel PLC. If you are not 
the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Torsten Richter
Sent: 28 October 2013 09:43
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Housekeeping on /xymon/data/hostdata

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Ok, you seem to be right.
But what about a 'find -mtime +180 -type f' in that directory and remove the files
you'll get this way?

On 28.10.2013 10:31, Neil Simmonds wrote:

I've had a look at that but it looks to me like that is for managing the

/xymon/data/histlogs folder not the /xymon/data/hostdata folder.

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Torsten
Richter
Sent: 28 October 2013 09:16
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Housekeeping on /xymon/data/hostdata

Hi Neil,

take a look at the trimhistory command delivered with XYmon.
I use it here to delete the history data older than a year.
In addition I also have a script similar to the one on XYmonton that
deletes the RRD files for hosts or tests that get no longer updated.

HTH
Torsten

On 28.10.2013 09:47, Neil Simmonds wrote:

We've been getting some space issues recently on our /xymon
filesystem. We
don't really want to add more space so I am looking at implementing
some housekeeping on the /xymon/data/hostdata folder.

If I run a find command there are nearly 58000 files over 180 days
old and I don't
really think we need to keep client data from alerts older than that.

Is there a built in way to manage this or is it a case of writing a script to manage
it?

Name & Registered Office: EXPRESS GIFTS LIMITED, 2 GREGORY ST,
HYDE,

CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, SK14 4TH, Company No. 00718151.

Express Gifts Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial
Services Authority
NOTE:  This email and any information contained within or attached
in a separate file is confidential and intended solely for the
Individual to whom it is addressed. The information or data
included is solely for the purpose indicated or previously agreed.
Any information or data included
with this e-mail remains the property of Findel PLC and the recipient
will refrain from utilising the information for any purpose other than
that indicated and upon request will destroy the information and remove it from
their records.
Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and
do not necessarily represent those of Findel PLC. If you are not
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printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. No
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the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its internal and
external networks.
If you have received this email in error please notify our IT
helpdesk on +44(0) 1254 303030

Name & Registered Office: EXPRESS GIFTS LIMITED, 2 GREGORY ST, HYDE,

CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, SK14 4TH, Company No. 00718151.

Express Gifts Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial
Services Authority
NOTE:  This email and any information contained within or attached in
a separate file is confidential and intended solely for the Individual
to whom it is addressed. The information or data included is solely
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Name & Registered Office: EXPRESS GIFTS LIMITED, 2 GREGORY ST, HYDE, CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, SK14 4TH, Company No. 00718151.
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That's essentially what I'd thought of doing but I just wanted to check if there was a built in way
of doing it before I went ahead and wrote a script to run that kind of
command.

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Torsten

Richter

Sent: 28 October 2013 09:43

Subject: Re: [Xymon] Housekeeping on /xymon/data/hostdata

Ok, you seem to be right.
But what about a 'find -mtime +180 -type f' in that directory and
remove the files
you'll get this way?

On 28.10.2013 10:31, Neil Simmonds wrote:

I've had a look at that but it looks to me like that is for managing the

/xymon/data/histlogs folder not the /xymon/data/hostdata folder.

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Torsten
Richter
Sent: 28 October 2013 09:16

Subject: Re: [Xymon] Housekeeping on /xymon/data/hostdata

Hi Neil,

take a look at the trimhistory command delivered with XYmon.
I use it here to delete the history data older than a year.
In addition I also have a script similar to the one on XYmonton that
deletes the RRD files for hosts or tests that get no longer updated.

HTH
Torsten

On 28.10.2013 09:47, Neil Simmonds wrote:

We've been getting some space issues recently on our /xymon
filesystem. We
don't really want to add more space so I am looking at implementing
some housekeeping on the /xymon/data/hostdata folder.

If I run a find command there are nearly 58000 files over 180 days
old and I don't
really think we need to keep client data from alerts older than that.

Is there a built in way to manage this or is it a case of writing a
script to manage
it?

Name & Registered Office: EXPRESS GIFTS LIMITED, 2 GREGORY ST,
HYDE,

CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, SK14 4TH, Company No. 00718151.

Express Gifts Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial
Services Authority
NOTE: This email and any information contained within or attached
in a separate file is confidential and intended solely for the
Individual to whom it is addressed. The information or data
included is solely for the purpose indicated or previously agreed.
Any information or data included
with this e-mail remains the property of Findel PLC and the recipient
will refrain from utilising the information for any purpose other than
that indicated and upon request will destroy the information and
remove it from
their records.
Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and
do not necessarily represent those of Findel PLC. If you are not
the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this
email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding,
printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. No
warranties or assurances are made in relation to the safety and
content of this e-mail and any attachments. No liability is
accepted for any consequences arising from it. Findel Plc reserves
the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its
internal and
external networks.
If you have received this email in error please notify our IT
helpdesk on +44(0) 1254 303030

Name & Registered Office: EXPRESS GIFTS LIMITED, 2 GREGORY ST, HYDE,

CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, SK14 4TH, Company No. 00718151.

Express Gifts Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial
Services Authority
NOTE: This email and any information contained within or attached in
a separate file is confidential and intended solely for the Individual
to whom it is addressed. The information or data included is solely
for the purpose indicated or previously agreed. Any information or
data included
with this e-mail remains the property of Findel PLC and the recipient
will refrain
from utilising the information for any purpose other than that
indicated and upon
request will destroy the information and remove it from their records.
Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do
not necessarily represent those of Findel PLC. If you are not the
intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in
error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or
copying of this email is strictly prohibited. No warranties or
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all e-mail communications through its internal and external networks.
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Name & Registered Office: EXPRESS GIFTS LIMITED, 2 GREGORY ST, HYDE,

CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, SK14 4TH, Company No. 00718151.

Express Gifts Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial

NOTE: This email and any information contained within or attached in a
separate file is confidential and intended solely for the Individual to
whom it is addressed. The information or data included is solely for the
purpose indicated or previously agreed. Any information or data included
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will refrain from utilising the information for any purpose other than
that indicated and upon request will destroy the information and remove
it from their records. Any views or opinions presented are solely those
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