I've researched a lot of articles here and see that there are processes for clearing space on package servers by deleting old packages. My issue is that all of the methods I have found involve removing the policy.
Like a lot of people posting here, we are running out of space on package servers and need to buy some time until the bulk of them can be upgraded. In order to keep new patches flowing in, some space needs to be recovered and the obvious target is old patches that are already 100% distributed. So old policies are deleted and the files are removed.
The concern is that when the next audit comes around we will not be able to show compliance with the removed bulletins since my understanding is that Altiris doesnt manage anything it doesn't have a policy for and we can't just tell the auditor that he doesn't need to worry about critical patch MSXX-0XX since we deleted it on purpose. That wouldn't go over too well.
Is there any way to have Altiris delete packages after initial deployment to the enterprise and still report on compliance numbers?
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
- Michael