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Configuring the Event Log Store

The event log store is the underlying proprietary database that contains collected event logs. The configuration options you set for the event log store service can be global or local, and affect the CA Enterprise Log Manager servers' storage and archival of events. The process for configuring the event log store includes the following:

• Understand the event log store service
• Understand how the event log store handles archive files
• Configure the event log store's global and local values

  This includes setting database size, basic archive file retention values, summarization rules, suppression rules, federation relationships, correlation settings, data integrity checks, and auto-archive options.

CA Enterprise Log Manager automatically closes active database files and creates archive files when the active databases reach the capacity you define for this service. Then CA Enterprise Log Manager opens new, active files to continue event logging operations. You can set auto-archive options for handling these files, but only as a local configuration for each CA Enterprise Log Manager server.