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Article Id 213868
Description The article describes how to free up the space on /data consumed by events of an Organization if one decides to remove that particular organization.
Scope FortiSIEM
Solution

It is not possible or recommended to directly delete events from /data however it can be achieved by setting up a retention policy using FortiSIEM GUI.

 

Before following the below, make sure no longer events are getting ingested for that organization. 

 

If Organization is yet to be deleted:

1) Create a Retention Policy for the organization only for which events are to be deleted older than X Days.

2) After X days, verify no events are available for that organization under Analytics.

3) Delete the Organization using FortiSIEM GUI.

 

If Organization is already deleted:

1) If there already exists a retention policy common for all organizations to remove events older than X days, then no action is required as events for the deleted organization should get removed after X days.

2) If there exists no retention policy common for all organizations, then a default retention policy would be applicable for such events.

 

Refer the below documentation in order to find all (including default retention policy) about retention policy: 

https://help.fortinet.com/fsiem/6-5-0/Online-Help/HTML5_Help/Database_Settings_Retention.htm (FortiSIEM 6.5.0)

https://help.fortinet.com/fsiem/6-4-0/Online-Help/HTML5_Help/Database_Settings_Retention.htm (FortiSIEM 6.4.0)

 

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