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# sk176503 - After an upgrade, indexes older than the configured number of days in the log_policy_extended.C file are not deleted

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk176503 |
| Date Created | 2021-12-06 |
| Last Modified | 2023-05-28 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Management Server |
| Versions | R81.20, R81.10 (EOS), R81 (EOS) |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * After an upgrade, indexes older than the configured number of days in the ` log_policy_extended.C` file are not deleted.

* Indexes older than the configured number of days are in the `$RTDIR/log_indexes` folder. 


  Example:

  ```
  
  /var/log/opt/CPrt-R80.20/log_indexes/firewalltest_2019-05-14T00-00-00/
  /var/log/opt/CPrt-R80.20/log_indexes/firewalltest_2019-05-15T00-00-00/
  /var/log/opt/CPrt-R80.20/log_indexes/firewalltest_2019-05-16T00-00-00/
  /var/log/opt/CPrt-R80.20/log_indexes/firewalltest_2019-05-17T00-00-00/
  /var/log/opt/CPrt-R80.20/log_indexes/firewalltest_2019-05-18T00-00-00/
  /var/log/opt/CPrt-R80.20/log_indexes/firewalltest_2019-05-19T00-00-00/
  ```

  <br />

## Cause

In rare scenarios, a soft link can break after an upgrade. When the user then tries to delete the older indexes (pre-configured according to the *$FWDIR/conf/log_policy_extended.C* file), it is not possible to delete the indexes from the older version from the */var/log/opt/CPrt-R\<VERSION\>/log_indexes/* directory.

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