Archives

Define a journal archive target for use in configuring journal settings.

Synopsis

[Archives]    Name=Type,Location

Name, Type, and Location are strings.

Description

The [Archives] section of the configuration parameter (CPF) file contains an entry for every journal archive target defined for this instance, as follows:

Name is the name of the archive target.
Type is the type of the target, one of the following:
- s3 specifies an AWS S3 location.
- rsync specifies an on-premises location that uses either a UNIX® or a Windows directory specification. (Note that if the location is a Windows directory, the system actually uses robocopy rather than rsync when it copies the files.)
Location specifies the actual directory. The format depends on Type.
- For s3, Location has the following format:
```
s3://directoryname/
```
  For example:
```
s3://test-dir/journal-archives/
```
- For rsync, Location can any of the following formats:
  - For UNIX®:
```
/directoryname/
```
    Or:
```
server:/directoryname/
```
  - For Windows:
```
\\server\share\directoryname\
```
    Or:
```
drive:\directoryname\
```

For more information, see Configuring Journal Archive Targets and Configuring Journal Settings.

Changing This Parameter

On the Archive Targets page of the Management Portal (System Administration > Configuration > System Configuration > Archive Targets), to add a new entry, select Create New Archive Target. To edit an existing entry, select Edit in that entry's row.