The eventpurge command deletes events from the event database.
Purpose
Deletes events from the event database.eventpurge [-seconds seconds | -end end_time]
[-group event_group] [-severity severity]
[-extensionname extension_name] [-start start_time]
[-size size]
Description
The eventpurge command deletes events from the event database. You can delete all events from the event database, or you can limit the deletion to events meeting certain criteria.
Security: If WebSphere® security is enabled,
your user ID must be mapped to the eventAdministrator role to delete
events.
Parameters
- -seconds seconds
- The minimum age of events you want deleted. The seconds value must be an integer. Only events older than the specified number of seconds are deleted. This parameter is required if you do not specify the -end parameter.
- -end end_time
The end time of the group of events you want to delete. Only events generated before the specified time are deleted. The end_time value must be specified in the XML dateTime format (CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss ). For example, noon on 1 January 2006 in Eastern Standard Time would be 2006-01-01T12:00:00-05:00. For more information about the dateTime data type, refer to the
XML
schema at www.w3.org.This parameter is required if you do not specify the -seconds parameter.
- -group eventGroup
- The event group from which to delete events. The event_group value must be the name of an event group defined in the Common Event Infrastructure configuration. This parameter is optional.
- -severity severity
- The severity of the events you want deleted. The severity value must be an integer; only events whose severity is equal to the value you specify are deleted. This parameter is optional.
- -extensionname extension_name
- The extension name of the events you want included in the deletion. Use this parameter to restrict the deletion to events of a specific type. Only events whose extensionName property is equal to extensionName are deleted. This parameter is optional.
- -start start_time
- The beginning time of the group of events you want to delete. Only events generated after the specified time are deleted. The start_time value must be specified in the XML dateTime format (CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss ). This parameter is optional.
- -size size
- The number of events to delete in a single transaction. The size value must be an integer. After this number of events have been deleted, the command commits the transaction before continuing in a new transaction. This parameter is optional.
Example
The following example deletes all events from the database whose severity is 20 (harmless) and were generated earlier than 10 minutes ago.eventpurge -group "All events" -severity 20 -seconds 600