Configuring system cleanup settings

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You can configure system cleanup settings for IBM® ESA™ to schedule the data cleanup of remote systems and the associated heartbeat, hardware inventory, software inventory, and problems data.

About this task

Systems cleanup is a background job to delete the remote systems for which heartbeat is not received. By default, the systems cleanup job is disabled. But if you would like to clean up the non-reachable systems, you can enable these settings.

Procedure

  1. Access and log in to the IBM Electronic Service Agent graphical user interface.
  2. Click the Settings menu from left navigation.
  3. Click the Systems Cleanup tab. The Systems Cleanup Settings page is displayed.
  4. Select the following options according to which you would like to trigger the systems cleanup.
    1. On: The systems cleanup job triggers according to the following settings.
      • Time Period:
        1. Select the Time
        2. Select the period as Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Quarterly.
        3. Select the Day of week, Day of month, or Month of quarter according to the selection of period.
      • Last transaction older than (days): Select the number of days to delete the system's data, which has the last transaction date older than the specified number of days. The default number of days delete the system's data is 90 days.
      Note: The Event horizon field is disabled.
    2. Off: The systems cleanup job does not trigger to clean up any systems and all the fields are disabled.
    3. Conditional on: The systems cleanup job triggers according to the following settings.
      • Time Period:
        1. Select the Time
        2. Select the period as Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Quarterly.
        3. Select the Day of week, Day of month, or Month of quarter according to the selection of period.
      • Last transaction older than (days): Select the number of days to delete the system's data, which has the last transaction date older than the specified number of days. The default number of days delete the system's data is 90 days.
      • Event horizon: If the number of systems are more than the specified number, the systems cleanup job triggers.
  5. Save Settings - Click to save the changes that are made to the page.