SHOW CONTROL

Purpose

Displays information about the ADR, including the purging policy.

Syntax and Description

show control

Displays various attributes of the ADR, including the following purging policy attributes:

Attribute Name Description

SHORTP_POLICY

Number of hours after which to purge ADR contents that have a short life. Default is 720 (30 days).

A setting of 0 (zero) means that all contents that have a short life can be purged. The maximum setting is 35791394. If a value greater than 35791394 is specified, then this attribute is set to 0 (zero).

The ADR contents that have a short life include the following:

  • Trace files, including those files stored in the cdmp_timestamp subdirectories

  • Core dump files

  • Packaging information

LONGP_POLICY

Number of hours after which to purge ADR contents that have a long life. Default is 8760 (365 days).

A setting of 0 (zero) means that all contents that have a long life can be purged. The maximum setting is 35791394. If a value greater than 35791394 is specified, then this attribute is set to 0 (zero).

The ADR contents that have a long life include the following:

  • Incident information

  • Incident dumps

  • Alert logs

Note:

The SHORTP_POLICY and LONGP_POLICY attributes are not mutually exclusive. Each policy controls different types of content.