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RETENTION parameter

The RETENTION parameter defines how long (in days) the 

MainView Logger

 will keep the data since it was captured.

The RETENTION parameter specifies the amount of time that the LOGSET should collect data. RETENTION controls both the number of log files that the NGL agent uses to record data and the number of log files that the NGL agent allocates during a LOGSET start.

NGL uses the RETENTION specification to insure that enough log files are allocated at LOGSET startup to cover the RETENTION period. The number of log files allocated are determined by the value specified on the DSMIN parameter and up to the greater of value specified by the DSMAX parameter (or the actual number of log files that are in the NGL registry).

If more log files are available from the NGL registry after the RETENTION period elapses, and the value specified by the DSMAX parameter is not yet reached, then NGL marks additional log files as candidates and allocates more log files to cover the RETENTION period.

This parameter uses the following syntax:

RETENTION=[xx| 120]

The default value is 120 days.

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