Data archive and purge

Data Archive backs up data that has been captured by a Guardium system. When configuring Data Archive, data purge criteria may also be specified.

There are two archive operations: Data Archive and Results Archive. The path to these archive operations is Manage > Data Management > Data Archive or Results Archive (Audit).

Data Archive

With Data Archive, data is typically archived at the end of the day on which it is captured, which ensures that in the event of a catastrophe, only the data of that day is lost. The purging of data depends on the application and depends on business and auditing requirements, but in most cases data can be kept on the machines for more than six months.

Results Archive

Results Archive backs up audit task results (e.g. reports, assessment tests, entity audit trail, privacy sets, and classification processes) as well as the view and sign-off trails and the accommodated comments from workflow processes. Results sets are purged from the system according to the workflow process definition.

In an aggregation environment, data can be archived from the collector, from the aggregator, or from both locations. Most commonly, the data is archived only once, and the location from where it is archived varies depending on the customer's requirements.

Purge is enabled by default, at a 60 day interval.