You do this with the "Keep Logs" property.  In the Admin GUI, look  
under the "Global Attributes" page of "Master Server" properties under 
"Host Properties".  On Unix, use a KEEP_LOGS entry in bp.conf.  As this 
controls more than just the error log, it may be reasonable to decrease 
the control value.  The default is 28 days; I use 10 days.  Nota Bene: a 
few logs don't seem to be pruned by this control, including the java 
logs, the volmgr/debug logs and vault logs.

cheers, wayne

Simon Tetelbaum wrote, in part,  on 9/29/2004 2:26 PM:

> How long is data retained in this catalog? Is there anyway to 
> configure Netbackup to lengthen/shorten this retention period?
>
> We currently have a script that parses backup information that seems 
> to be based primarily on the output of bperror. I have to Master/Media 
> servers running independently but with virtually identical 
> configurations, however when I run the script on one requesting 
> information on all backups I get about 3 months of data, while on the 
> other only 3 weeks. Any ideas? Thanks.
>
> -Simon Tetelbaum
>
>
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