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Removes alerts from the alerts database, the Dashboard, and the Riskware tab in the Email Security — Server Web UI. You can remove alerts from a specified time period, alerts matching a signature name or signature ID, or alerts that match both a time period and a signature.

The alerts riskware cleanup command can be used to delete duplicate alerts or false positive alerts.

Syntax

alerts cleanup riskware [from <start-time> to <end-time>][signame <signature-name> |sigid <signature-ID>]

Parameters

from <start-time>

The beginning of the time period, in the format <yyyy>/<mm>/<dd> <hh>:<mm>:<ss>.

to <end-time>

The end of the time period, in the format <yyyy>/<mm>/<dd> <hh>:<mm>:<ss>.

signame <signature-name>

Clean up alerts that match the specified signature name.

sigid <signature-name>

Examples

The following example removes alerts from the specified period.

hostname (config) # alerts cleanup riskware from 2020/01/05 12:12:12 to 2020/01/06 12:12:12 
				About 2 alerts to be impacted. Confirm cleanup? [yes] yes
				Operation initiated in the background.
		Run 'show alerts cleanup status' for status
hostname (config) #show alerts cleanup status

				Alert Cleanup Summary:
				Cleanup status : completed
				Cleanup started at : 2020-01-31 17:43:08
				Cleanup ended at : 2020-01-31 17:43:10
				Total Alerts to be cleaned up : 2
				Number of alerts processed : 2
				Number of emails processed : 2
		Number of emails released : 0

The following example removes alerts that match a signature name.

hostname (config) # alerts cleanup riskware signame AZ_Adware_00fc8020ad243161

The following example removes alerts from the specified time period if they match a signature ID.

hostname (config) # alerts cleanup riskware from 2020/01/05 12:12:12 to 2020/01/06 12:12:12 sigid 86779999

User role

Admin

Command mode

Config

Supported appliances

This command is supported on the following appliances running the specified releases or later:

  • Email Security — Server: Release 9.0