15.5 Re-indexing By Using the Web Interface (Online Mode)

You can use the Web Console to re-index the event data partitions in the online mode.

  1. From Sentinel Main, click Storage > Event Partition Administration.

    NOTE:You can also access the Event Partition Administration page from the Sentinel landing page. Click the Event Partition Administration link in the warning message at the top of the landing page.

  2. Select either Primary Storage or Secondary Storage, depending on the type of event partition that you want to re-index.

  3. Select the event partitions to re-index, by clicking one of the following options for Date Range:

    • All: All the event partitions in the disk are re-indexed.
    • Date Range: The event partitions within the specified date range are re-indexed.

  4. Click Start Re-indexing.

    The approximate time required to complete the operation is displayed depending on the storage type and the event data time range selected.

The operation summary page displays the status and details about the completed operations.

After the re-indexing operation completes, all log files related to the operation will be available in the following log file:

<sentinel_installation_path>/var/opt/novell/sentinel/log/reindex0.0.log