Enabling or disabling host aging

You can enable and disable host endpoint aging using the Endpoint Security (HX) Web UI or the CLI.

Prerequisites

Administrator access

Enabling host aging using the Web UI

To enable host aging using the Web UI:

Log in to the Endpoint Security (HX) Web UI.
Select Aging Settings on the Configure menu. The Aging Settings page appears.
In the Host Aging box on the Aging Settings page, specify an aging interval in the Delete hosts from the database after: box. Valid values range from 1 through 365 days. This sets and enables the aging interval.
Click Save to save your changes.

Note

To restore default settings, click Reset to default, and then click Save. If you click Cancel, Endpoint Security (HX) will return settings to the most recently saved values.

Enabling host aging using the CLI

To enable host aging using the CLI:

Enable the CLI configuration mode:
hostname > enable hostname # configure terminal
Enable the host aging interval:
hostname (config) # hx agent aging enable
Save your settings.
```
hostname (config) # write mem
```

Disabling host aging using the Web UI

To disable host aging using the Web UI:

Log in to the Endpoint Security (HX) Web UI.
Select Aging Settings on the Configure menu. The Aging Settings page appears.
In the Host Aging box on the Aging Settings page, select the No auto-deletion; I will delete hosts manuallyoption.
Click Save to save your changes.

Note

To restore default settings, click Reset to default, and then click Save. If you click Cancel, Endpoint Security (HX) will return settings to the most recently saved values.

Disabling host aging using the CLI

To disable host aging using the CLI:

Enable the CLI configuration mode:
hostname > enable
hostname # configure terminal
Disable the host aging interval:
hostname (config) # no hx agent aging enable
Save your settings.
```
hostname (config) # write mem
```