Hi Shirly,

The reason why I ask is because the explanation here:

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-virtualization/4.0/single/data-warehouse-guide/#Application_Settings_for_the_Data_Warehouse_service_in_ovirt-engine-dwhd.conf

2017-01-24 10:49 GMT+01:00 Shirly Radco <sradco@redhat.com>:
> Hi,
>
> We don't update the ovirt-engine-dwhd.conf directly.
>
> You need to add the new file to  /ovirt-engine-dwhd.conf.d/ with the lines
> DWH_TABLES_KEEP_SAMPLES=
> DWH_TABLES_KEEP_HOURLY=
> DWH_TABLES_KEEP_DAILY=0
>
> and set the values for how much time you want the data to be kept.
> Keep in mind that the dashboards use the information from the samples and
> hourly tables for the last 24 hours.
>
> This file will overwrite the default configurations after you restart
> ovirt-engine-dwhd.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Shirly Radco
>
> BI Software Engineer
> Red Hat Israel Ltd.
> 34 Jerusalem Road
> Building A, 4th floor
> Ra'anana, Israel 4350109
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 11:43 AM, Matt . <yamakasi.014@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Shirly,
>>
>> I'm checking this out and aren't you sure the file is
>> update_time_to_keep_records.conf and not ovirt-engine-dwhd.conf ?
>>
>> 2017-01-09 14:01 GMT+01:00 Matt . <yamakasi.014@gmail.com>:
>> > I think it did. Cluster exists 4 years now, hosted engine 7 months.
>> >
>> > 2017-01-08 13:50 GMT+01:00 Shirly Radco <sradco@redhat.com>:
>> >> No. But the delete process might have kicked in.
>> >> How long does you environment exist?
>> >>
>> >> Best regards,
>> >>
>> >> Shirly Radco
>> >>
>> >> BI Software Engineer
>> >> Red Hat Israel Ltd.
>> >> 34 Jerusalem Road
>> >> Building A, 4th floor
>> >> Ra'anana, Israel 4350109
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 2:42 PM, Matt . <yamakasi.014@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi,
>> >>>
>> >>> OK thanks! I saw that after upgrading to 4.0.5 from 4.0.4 the DB
>> >>> already dropped with around 500MB directly and is now at 2GB smaller.
>> >>>
>> >>> Does this sounds familiar to you with other settings in 4.0.5 ?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks,
>> >>>
>> >>> Matt
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> 2017-01-08 10:45 GMT+01:00 Shirly Radco <sradco@redhat.com>:
>> >>> > No. That will corrupt your database.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Are you using the full dwh or the smaller version for the
>> >>> > dashboards?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Please set the delete thresholds to save less data and the data
>> >>> > older
>> >>> > then
>> >>> > the time you set will be deleted.
>> >>> > Add a file to /ovirt-engine-dwhd.conf.d/
>> >>> > update_time_to_keep_records.conf
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Add these lines with the new configurations. The numbers represent
>> >>> > the
>> >>> > hours
>> >>> > to keep the data.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > DWH_TABLES_KEEP_SAMPLES=24
>> >>> > DWH_TABLES_KEEP_HOURLY=1440
>> >>> > DWH_TABLES_KEEP_DAILY=43800
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > These are the configurations for a full dwh.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > The smaller version configurations are:
>> >>> > DWH_TABLES_KEEP_SAMPLES=24
>> >>> > DWH_TABLES_KEEP_HOURLY=720
>> >>> > DWH_TABLES_KEEP_DAILY=0
>> >>> >
>> >>> > The delete process by default at 3am every day
>> >>> > (DWH_DELETE_JOB_HOUR=3)
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Best regards,
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Shirly Radco
>> >>> >
>> >>> > BI Software Engineer
>> >>> > Red Hat Israel Ltd.
>> >>> > 34 Jerusalem Road
>> >>> > Building A, 4th floor
>> >>> > Ra'anana, Israel 4350109
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 6:35 PM, Matt . <yamakasi.014@gmail.com>
>> >>> > wrote:
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Hi,
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> I seem to have some large database for the DWH logging and I wonder
>> >>> >> how I can empty it safely.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Can I just simply empty the database ?
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Have a good weekend!
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Cheers,
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Matt
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>> >>> >
>> >>
>> >>
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