KBI 311765 Saving Disk Space-Argent for SNMP Network Configuration Backup
Version
Argent Advanced Technology 5.1A-1804-A and above
Date
Thursday, 8 August 2019
Summary
Customer can save disk space by changing the setting described in this article
Network Device Configuration Backup automation is delivered by Argent for SNMP
Relevant reading: https://help.argent.com/articles/KBI_311638.php
This article describes how data retention is controlled for network device configuration backups
Technical Background
- Device configuration backups data retention is controlled based on number of backups
- The value is defined in License Manager Node Properties in ‘Keep Recent Versions’
- The number is a counter, oldest backup gets deleted when number of backups exceeds the value
- Default value is 10
- Only changed configurations are counted
For example:
If backup runs daily, and in past 30 days, configuration has been changed for 15 times, as results, the oldest 5 backup copies will be deleted
Resolution
N/A