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Purge data - only keep last 7 days

tb5821
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How do I setup splunk to purge anything older than 7 days?

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alacercogitatus
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You'll want to review this doc: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.0/Indexer/Setaretirementandarchivingpolicy. You can set retention on a per-index basis, and set the cold to Frozen at 7 days.

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alacercogitatus
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

You'll want to review this doc: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.0/Indexer/Setaretirementandarchivingpolicy. You can set retention on a per-index basis, and set the cold to Frozen at 7 days.

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