Delete old CPViewDB_xxxxxxxx.dat

[Olusegun_Adekun]

Hi All,

I have disk space issue on some of our firewall and want to delete some old files.

Can I delete these old .dat file without causing any issue on the firewall. Below are examples

We are on R81.20 but still have for R81.10 and R80.40

1.6G /var/log/opt/CPshrd-R81.20/cpview_services
1.9G /var/log/opt/CPshrd-R81.10/cpview_services
3.9G /var/log/opt/CPshrd-R80.40/cpview_services

For example, under the R80.40, i have below

total 3.9G
-rw-r----- 1 admin root 1.4M Aug 26 2020 CPViewDB_1598430035.dat
-rw-r----- 1 admin root 742M Feb 12 2021 CPViewDB_1613154759.dat
-rw-r----- 1 admin root 896M Sep 2 2021 CPViewDB_1630687429.dat
-rw-r----- 1 admin root 830M Oct 12 2021 CPViewDB_1634117216.dat
-rw-r----- 1 admin root 494M Nov 1 2021 CPViewDB_1635788054.dat
-rw-r----- 1 admin root 935M Jul 15 2022 cpview_services.dat
-rw-r----- 1 admin root 293K Jul 15 2022 cpview_services.dat-journal

Can I remove all these .dat files on R80.40 without any impact to the Firewall.

Thanks for your advice always.

Olu

[Lesley · Accepted solution]

They are OK to remove. If you wish not to go back with cpview -t during that date all is good. 

cpview -t <timestamp>

Shows the history content from the /var/log/CPView_history/CPViewDB.dat file. Shows either the oldest available content, or from a given <timestamp>, where <timestamp> format is: [Jan...Dec] [01...31] [4-digit Year] [hh:mm:ss]

[Olusegun_Adekun]

Thanks Leader.

Much Appreciated.

Olu