Auto Purge does not work

kaps · Post by **kaps** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:36 pm

We have a Multi instance Seq job which calls three server jobs and all three of them are multi instance again. In Adminsitrator, Auto Purge set for 20 runs. But when I checked the job in director it has "immediate purging" option turned on. I don't know how this happened. This could be because the set up in the adminstrator is made after importing the jobs.

Now I am changing it in job level to Auto Purge afetr 20 runs. But when I open again it has "immediate purge" setup. Why is it not taking it ?

Please advise.

attu · Post by **attu** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:55 pm

auto purge setting will only work for new jobs that have auto-purge enabled before they are created. For existing jobs you can export/import them to enable auto purge setting.

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:10 pm

Immediate Purge is the default from the Director. What matters is if, in the Auto Purge section, the Enabled for this job option is checked. Doesn't matter if it is greyed out when you look, it only becomes active (changeable) what you click the Auto-Purge radio button.

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:12 pm

attu wrote:auto purge setting will only work for new jobs that have auto-purge enabled before they are created. For existing jobs you can export/import them to enable auto purge setting.

Hardly. You just need to enable it for them. One at a time, unfortunately, but there's absolutely no need to export/import.

Unless you've got one of them handy KBA utilities, one of which allows mass setting of the auto-purge options for existing jobs.

kaps · Post by **kaps** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:23 pm

As I mentioned in my original posting I am changing the set up to Auto Purge and checking the up to previous runs to 20 but it does not stick with the job. when I open next time it goes back to Immediate purge.
Thats my issue. Does anyone know why ?

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:31 pm

The default is always to have immediate purge option selected because that's probably what you want to do when you open this dialog. But you can see the current job auto-purge settings in the bottom half of the window, and these will take effect each time the job completes successfully. Don't waste time worrying about it.