Archiving and purging database on demand - BlueCat Address Manager - 9.2.0

Address Manager Administration Guide
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BlueCat Address Manager
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9.2.0

How to run the archive and purge operation.

Run the archive and purge function and set the number of days or months to keep the data after the purge.
Warning: When performing an archive and purge operation with a value set in months, the transaction history information is NOT archived. Information is archived only when running an archive and purge operation with a value set in days. Use caution when performing this operation.
Important: BlueCat strongly recommends performing a database backup before running the archive and purge function. For details, refer to Database backup.

To run archive and purge on demand:

  1. Select the Administration tab. Tabs remember the page you last worked on, so select the tab again to ensure you're on the Administration page.
  2. Under Database Management, click Database Management.
  3. Click History Archive and Purge.
  4. Click the History Archive and Purge menu and select Run Now.
  5. Under History Data Archive and Purge Settings, set the following options:
    • In Daily Mode—select this radio button to run an archive and purge operation with a value set in days.
    • In Monthly Mode—select this radio button to run an archive and purge operation with a value set in months.
    • Keep history for—enter a value for the number of days or months of transaction history information to keep after the archive and purge operation. Valid values range from 1 to 3650 days or 0 to 120 months.
      Note:
      • Setting this value to 5 days means that the most recent five days of transaction history information will remain in the database after the archive and purge operation, plus the transaction history information from the day that the operation is run. Events that occurred before the five day period are archived and purged. For example, if the operation was run on November 15, the only transaction history information that would remain after the archive and purge operation would be from November 10 to November 14, plus the transaction history information on November 15.
      • Setting this value to 0 months means that the transaction history information for the current month will remain in the database after the archive and purge operation. For example, if the operation was run on November 15, the only transaction history information that would remain after the purge operation would be from November 1 to November 15.
      Attention: Any transaction history information that has been created past the retention period by an active user session, won't be archived and purged. For example, if a user session has created transaction history information on October 27, and you run an archive and purge operation on November 1 with a value of 0 months or 2 days while the user session is still active, the information created by the active user session is not archived and purged.
  6. Under Change Control, add comments, if required.
  7. Click OK.