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What is the acquisition recordings folder and can I delete files from it?

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Active IQ Unified Manager (AIQUM)

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  • The acquisition recordings folder has recording files for all monitored clusters.
  • At the end of each cluster data acquisition cycle, a set of logs is produced (and saved as a recording file) and can be used to trace through the acquisition process.
  • These recordings are stored as .zip archives under the following path and are included in support bundles.
    • /var/log/ocie/recording (for Linux operating systems)
    •  \ProgramData\NetApp\OnCommandAppData\au\recording (for Windows operating system)
  • Acquisition recording archives are named as below.
    • netappfoundation_<datasource_name_or_ip>_<yyyy_mm_dd_hh_mm_ss_milliseconds>.zip
    • netappstorageperformance_<datasource_name_or_ip>_<yyyy_mm_dd_hh_mm_ss_milliseconds>.zip
  • It is generally beneficial to keep all recording files, in case there a future analysis will require reviewing any of them.
  • With AIQUM running as a virtual appliance (vApp) on VMware ESXi, older recording files are deleted once it reaches 3GB.
  • As AIQUM running on a Windows or Linux server doesn't have a feature of automatically pruning recording files, manual deletion is needed.
  • In the event of a full file system, older recording files can be deleted. It is best practice to keep at least 1 month's worth of recording files in this directory.

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