Auditing old files on your File Server
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Do you or your users ever audit your file server for old files? If so, how are you doing it? I've always created a folder structure that has a specific naming convention with the year included but I'm thinking there may be a better way that I am not aware of. I can't tell you how many files we are retaining for no reason other than no one is auditing.
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I use this: http://www.foldersizes.com/
Oldest File Report - http://www.foldersizes.com/screens/oldestfiles
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@aaronstuder Thanks
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The find command is all you need on Linux.
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@scottalanmiller said in Auditing old files on your File Server:
The find command is all you need on Linux.
Yeah, lots of options with
findand time based searches.-aminlast accessed n minutes ago
-atime Xlast accessed X24 hours ago
-ctime Xstatus changed X24 hours ago
-mtime Xdata was last modified X*24 hours agoThe man page is rather large for find, but is easy to find the options you want......
I'll get my coat.
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@travisdh1 said in Auditing old files on your File Server:
@scottalanmiller said in Auditing old files on your File Server:
The find command is all you need on Linux.
Yeah, lots of options with
findand time based searches.-aminlast accessed n minutes ago
-atime Xlast accessed X24 hours ago
-ctime Xstatus changed X24 hours ago
-mtime Xdata was last modified X*24 hours agoThe man page is rather large for find, but is easy to find the options you want......
I'll get my coat.
It's important to note that some file systems can have the atime option disabled to provide performance boosts and/or cut down on writes to drives.
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@dafyre said in Auditing old files on your File Server:
@travisdh1 said in Auditing old files on your File Server:
@scottalanmiller said in Auditing old files on your File Server:
The find command is all you need on Linux.
Yeah, lots of options with
findand time based searches.-aminlast accessed n minutes ago
-atime Xlast accessed X24 hours ago
-ctime Xstatus changed X24 hours ago
-mtime Xdata was last modified X*24 hours agoThe man page is rather large for find, but is easy to find the options you want......
I'll get my coat.
It's important to note that some file systems can have the atime option disabled to provide performance boosts and/or cut down on writes to drives.
Yep. Just because it's an option, doesn't mean it'll work with your particular system.
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Are you doing this for Windows or Linux Servers?
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@dbeato said in Auditing old files on your File Server:
Are you doing this for Windows or Linux Servers?
Both
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@wirestyle22 nice. I would what was recommended above with the Find command in linux.
For Windows you can look this:
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/filecab/2009/05/11/dealing-with-stale-data-on-file-servers/
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd759233(v=ws.11).aspxTreeSize also works.
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@dbeato said in Auditing old files on your File Server:
@wirestyle22 nice. I would what was recommended above with the Find command in linux.
For Windows you can look this:
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/filecab/2009/05/11/dealing-with-stale-data-on-file-servers/
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd759233(v=ws.11).aspxTreeSize also works.
much appreciated
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First you need to enable auditing of object access as:
Whichever Top Level Policy-->Computer Configuration-->Windows Settings-->Security Settings-->Local Policies-->Audit Policy-->Audit Object Access - you can enable success/failure. Please check out the given below links:
Configuring Audit Policies
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd277403.aspx
How To Set, View, Change, or Remove Auditing for a File or Folder in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301640
Apply or modify auditing policy settings for a local file or folder
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@scottalanmiller said in Auditing old files on your File Server:
The find command is all you need on Linux.
Systemd's systemd-tmpfiles-clean service is a good utility too.
