Monitoring Point deletion policy - Removing old MP - AppNeta
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Issue/Introduction
We need to remove old unused monitoring points from our Manage Monitoring Points page at AppNeta. Some of the appliance may have been offline for a few months, from older machines.
How can we make the deletions?
Resolution
AppNeta introduced the Monitoring Point Deletion Policy - which should allow you to set an elimination time period. Any appliance offline past that time period will be deleted.
Different hardware can support different time periods as well. You could set the period as need, and once a monitoring point crosses that threshold, it would be removed.
*Special note:
This feature has a daily deletion limit of 100 monitoring points. Therefore, it is best suited for routine maintenance of your fleet rather than for rapid, large-scale removal (quick pruning).
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Example: If you have 1,000 monitoring points that are older than your permitted policy time, the feature will only delete 100 per day. This means it will take at least 10 days to remove all of them.
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Deletion Logic: The feature does not prioritize the oldest monitoring points. For example, if your policy is 30 days, a monitoring point that is 31 days old will be treated the same as one that is 99 days old.
1. To set these changes, first you'll need your Organization ID. You can get this by running a simple GET command:
GET /v3/organization
Click: Try It Out
Click: Execute, then look for the "ID"
In my example, the ID is 18140.
2. Next, you can Navigate the the monitoringPointDeletionPolicy endpoint:
It may be prudent to run a GET to check if there is currently a policy in place for your Organization.
3. When ready to create a policy, go ahead use the POST setting.
4. Policies can also be removed in a similar fashion using the DELETE endpoint:
Once complete, the auto deletion should occur within 24 hours.
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