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coldToFrozenDir question

TheJagoff
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I have a coldToFrozenScript that controls all of the indexes at an installation. I want the data in the "main" index to simply be deleted when it's time to be frozen.

My question is, if I set the coldToFrozenDir for the "main" stanza in indexes.conf to a blank, will it delete the buckets? 

coldToFrozenDir = 

 

Thank you. 

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livehybrid
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Hi @TheJagoff 

If you do not want your main index buckets to be frozen then you should set both coldToFrozenDir and coldToFrozenScript to blank values (which is the default unless specified elsehwere).

coldToFrozenDir =
coldToFrozenScript =

By not setting coldToFrozenDir and not having a coldToFrozenScript, you effectively cause the data to be deleted when frozen.

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livehybrid
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SplunkTrust

Hi @TheJagoff 

If you do not want your main index buckets to be frozen then you should set both coldToFrozenDir and coldToFrozenScript to blank values (which is the default unless specified elsehwere).

coldToFrozenDir =
coldToFrozenScript =

By not setting coldToFrozenDir and not having a coldToFrozenScript, you effectively cause the data to be deleted when frozen.

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