Scheduling database backups and cleanups for the MCE Sentry Destination Dispatch plugin - MCE Sentry Destination Dispatch 3.0.0

MCE Sentry Destination Dispatch Plugin Guide 3.0.0
Product
MCE Sentry Destination Dispatch
Content type
Guides > Plugin and extension guides
Version
3.0
Release
3.0.0
Language
English
Last updated
2022-11-09

To protect your data, it is important to schedule regular database backups. Also, to avoid growing beyond its capacity, you must regularly cleanup your database to remove old data.

Before you begin

  • Ensure you have the following privileges:
    • Administrative privileges > System management > View role properties
    • Administrative privileges > System management > View role properties > Modify role properties
    • Task privileges > Administration > Plugins
  • Verify that a folder has been created to store your backup configuration files.

What you should know

  • For Security Center versions earlier than 5.11.1, when an expansion server is using the database on the main server, a backup of that database does not include the configuration files for the expansion server.

    As a workaround, create a folder called SecurityCenterBackup on the C: drive of the expansion server. Backing up the database copies the configuration files of the expansion server into the local folder.

  • The Directory database stores the plugin configuration and related entity types.
  • The plugin role database stores events.
  • It is a best practice to schedule all database maintenance during non-peak hours.
  • IMPORTANT: If the database is full, your integration might stop working.

Procedure

  1. From the Config Tool home page, open the Plugins task.
  2. Select the MCE Sentry Destination Dispatch plugin role from the entity browser.
  3. On the Resources tab, click Backup/Restore ().
    The Backup/Restore dialog box opens.
  4. In the Backup folder field, enter the filepath of the folder where you want to store your backup files.
  5. To reduce the size of backup files, turn on the Compress backup file option.
  6. To create backups on a schedule, do the following:
    1. Turn on the Enable automatic backup option.
    2. In the Every field, enter the day and time that you want to create a backup.
    3. In the Keep field, enter the number of backup files that you want to save.
    4. Click OK.
  7. Click Cleanup ().
    The Database cleanup dialog box opens.
  8. Configure the following:
    Keep data
    Select the frequency that you want to clean your database.
    Indefinitely
    Retains your data for an indefinite period of time.
    For specified number of days
    Retains your data for the selected number of days.
    Clean each
    Select the days when you want to clean your database and enter the time of day when you want to clean your database.
  9. Click OK.
  10. Click Apply.