rotate

This command sets the number of rotations of audit log files.

Syntax

rotate rotations

Parameters

rotations: Sets the number of rotations of audit log files. Enter a value in the range 1 - 100. The default value is 3.

Guidelines

The rotate command sets the number of rotations of audit log files.

When the contents of the audit-log file reach the size set by the size command, a rotation occurs. A new audit file continues to record audit events. The audit-log file that is filled becomes the audit-log.1 file. More rotation files are renamed from audit-log.n to audit-log.n+1, for as many rotations set by the rotate command.
When the maximum number of rotations are generated, the oldest rotation file is replaced. The data in the oldest rotation is lost.

Example

Set the appliance for 5 rotations of audit log files at 5000 KB each. In this case, the appliance can maintain up to 30,000 KB of audit records, which are the audit-log file and its five rotations.

# size 5000
# rotation 5