Data retention policy

Last published : Sep 21, 2026
To limit the amount of reporting data being stored in your NetScaler Console server's database, you can specify the interval for which you want NetScaler Console to keep network reporting data, events, audit logs, and task logs. By default, this data is pruned every 24 hours (at 00.00 hours).

Configure system prune settings

To configure system prune setting:
  1. Navigate to Settings > Data Storage > Data Retention Policy.
  2. In the Data Pruning page, click System.
  3. In the System page, enter the following details:
    • Data to keep(days) - Enter the number of days for which the data must be retained. You must specify a value between 1 and 30.
    • Data Prune Threshold Value (%) - Enter a threshold limit (in percentage) to set as a condition for data pruning or data cleanup processes. When the data in the database reaches this specified percentage of storage capacity, data pruning procedures are triggered to remove to data and free up space.
    • Auto Prune Details - Select Enable Automatic Data Prune if you want data pruning to start when either of the following criteria is met:
      • The data threshold value specified in Data Prune Threshold Value (%) is reached.
      • The number of days specified in Data to keep (days) value is reached.
    • Data Ingestion Setting - Enter a threshold limit (in percentage) to set as a condition for data ingestion. When the data in the database reaches this specified percentage, the data ingestion activity is paused. You must specify a limit within the range of 50% to 80%.
  4. Click Save to save the settings.

Configure instance event prune settings

To limit the amount of event messages data being stored in your NetScaler Console server's database, you can specify the interval for which you want NetScaler Console to retain network reporting data, events, audit logs, and task logs. By default, this data is pruned every 24 hours (at 00:00 hours).
To configure instance event prune settings:
  1. Navigate to Settings > Data Storage > Data Retention Policy.
  2. In the Data Pruning page, click Instance Events.
  3. In the Data to keep (days) field, enter the time interval, in days, for which you want to retain data on the NetScaler Console server and click Save.

Configure instance syslog prune settings

To limit the amount of syslog data stored in the database, you can specify the interval at which you want to purge syslog data. You can specify the number of days after which the generic syslog data is deleted from NetScaler Console.
To configure instance syslog purge settings:
  1. Navigate to Settings > Data Storage > Data Retention Policy.
  2. In the Data Pruning page, click Instance Events.
  3. In the Retain Syslog Generic Data field, specify the number of days between 1 and 180.
  4. Click Save.

Configure network reporting prune settings

To limit the network reporting data stored in NetScaler Console, you can specify the interval for which you want to retain the network reporting historical data.
To configure instance event prune settings:
  1. Navigate to Settings > Data Storage > Data Retention Policy.
  2. In the Data Pruning page, click Network Reporting.
  3. In the Data to keep (days) field, specify the number of days between 1 and 30.
  4. Click Save.