topic Re: Clarification Needed About Log Monitoring Retention Periods in Log Analytics

Clarification needed about log monitoring retention periods

Orphan_Nate — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 10:19:50 GMT

Hi,

I would like if someone could clarify a few questions I got regarding log monitoring in terms of retention periods.

I have seen that we can store logs for a maximum of 10 years + 1 week of retention time, while the default is 35.

In a different place I have seen something about "logs retained for 5-90 days", which confused me a bit.

Can anyone assist me with understanding what each of them refers to? also, additional data if exists regarding the retention periods will be appreciated.

Thanks.

Re: Clarification Needed About Log Monitoring Retention Periods

DanielS — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 15:21:52 GMT

Hello @Orphan_Nate the Dynatrace retention periods are listed here. https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/manage/data-privacy-and-security/data-privacy/data-retention-periods

Re: Clarification Needed About Log Monitoring Retention Periods

DanielS — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 15:24:46 GMT

Regarding logs now you have 3 options depending if you’re in SaaS or On-Premise. On-Premise you can customize and in SaaS you have two options depending if you’re using Grail or logs classic. Please refer to the article attached in my previous post.

Re: Clarification Needed About Log Monitoring Retention Periods

Orphan_Nate — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 16:47:41 GMT

Thank you Daniel,

However this page does not provide information about the "5-90" days I have been looking for, which is why it keeps confusing me why I cannot find a official reference.

Please look at those pages I highlighted:

https://www.dynatrace.com/news/blog/empower-your-teams-with-dynatrace-log-monitoring/#:~:text=Retain%20data%20from%205%20to%2090%20days

https://www.dynatrace.com/news/blog/exciting-update-to-dynatrace-log-analytics/#:~:text=Note%3A%C2%A0If%20your%20Dynatrace%20environment%20qualifies%20for%20upgrade%2C%20you%E2%80%99ll%20see%20an%C2%A0Upgrade%C2%A0Log%20Analytics%20button%20on%20the%20Log%20viewer%20page.

https://www.google.com/search?q=How+many+days+are+logs+retained%3F+-+5-90+days+dynatrace&sca_esv=177e7810b56377bb&sxsrf=ACQVn0-3iRwdNdsolcb5fRmL7Y6nuc5l6w%3A1711816963850&ei=A0EIZuS8M7jii-gPwoSeyAs&ved=0ahUKEwikyrOQt5yFAxU48QIHHUKCB7kQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=How+many+days+are+logs+retained%3F+-+5-90+days+dynatrace&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiNkhvdyBtYW55IGRheXMgYXJlIGxvZ3MgcmV0YWluZWQ_IC0gNS05MCBkYXlzIGR5bmF0cmFjZTIFECEYoAFIrg5QvgFY1A1wAXgBkAEAmAHXAaAB6wuqAQUwLjguMbgBA8gBAPgBAZgCCqAClgzCAgoQABhHGNYEGLADwgIIEAAYiQUYogTCAgcQIRgKGKABmAMAiAYBkAYIkgcFMS44LjGgB_IR&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#:~:text=Log%20analytics%20free%20tier%20%2D%205GB%20log%20data%20storage/year%20How%20many%20days%20are%20logs%20retained%3F%20%2D%205%2D90%20days%20Where%20can%20Log%20Monitoring%20be%20accessed%20from%3F

https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Open-Q-A/Dynatrace-log-monitoring-needs-clarification-It-s-not-clear-how/td-p/109731#:~:text=Also%20we%20would%20like%20to%20know%20if%20the%20%22Log%20file%20storage%20retention%22%20which%20has%20options%20ranging%20from%205%20to%2090%20days%20is%20a%20global%20setting%20or%20can%20it%20be%20set%20per%20log%20file%20monitored%3F%20From%20everything%20I%20have%20looked%20at%2C%20it%20appears%20to%20be%20only%20a%20global%20one%20size%20fits%20all%20setting.

https://quizlet.com/386506590/user-experience-httpswwwdynatracecomsupporthelpuser-experience-flash-cards/ also has a question related.

Thanks

Re: Clarification Needed About Log Monitoring Retention Periods

Orphan_Nate — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 17:17:19 GMT

I am replying to this message again since it seems like the replay to an older message did not put it as the last reply? not sure how the forums works.

Anyway, this reply was just to bounce up the thread.

Re: Clarification Needed About Log Monitoring Retention Periods

PacoPorro — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 06:41:43 GMT

Hi @Orphan_Nate
The linked post are quite old and no longer up to date.
Please refer to the current retention periods shared by Daniel

Re: Clarification Needed About Log Monitoring Retention Periods

ASE — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 21:50:55 GMT

Hello, @DanielS.

Thank you for sharing. I was also in need of this information.

Are any of these retention periods configurable?
If I'm reading this correctly, only the Log Management and Analytics retention period is configurable?
Is there a way to view all these retention values in Dynatrace? We want to confirm if they are all still set to their default values.

Thank you.

Re: Clarification Needed About Log Monitoring Retention Periods

DanielS — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:56:24 GMT

Hello @ASE

Are any of these retention periods configurable?

No, only Logs.

If I'm reading this correctly, only the Log Management and Analytics retention period is configurable?

True, is correct.

Is there a way to view all these retention values in Dynatrace? We want to confirm if they are all still set to their default values.

Not exactly, but it is easy to try. I cannot find traces info if I look more than 10 days.