Configuring system cleanup settings

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You can configure system cleanup settings by using IBM® ESA to schedule the cleanup of data belonging to remote systems such as the associated heartbeat, hardware inventory, software inventory, and problems data.

Systems cleanup is a background job to delete the data belonging to remote systems or 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.

  1. Access and log in to the IBM Electronic Service Agent graphical user interface.
  2. Click the Settings menu from navigation.
  3. Click the Systems Cleanup tab. The Systems Cleanup Settings page is displayed.
  4. Select one of the following options to trigger the systems cleanup job.
    1. On: The systems cleanup job is triggered 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 quarterdepending on your selection of period.
      • Last transaction older than (days): The system's data for which the last transaction date is older than the specified number of days is deleted. The default setting is 90 days.
      Note: The Event horizon field is disabled.
    2. Off: The systems cleanup job does not trigger to delete any of the systems and all fields are disabled.
    3. Conditional on: The systems cleanup job is triggered 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 quarterdepending on your selection of period.
      • Last transaction older than (days): The system's data for which the last transaction date is older than the specified number of days is deleted. The default setting is 90 days.
      • Event horizon: Select the systems more than option and the number of systems from the dropdown list. If the number of systems are more than the specified number, the systems cleanup job is triggered.
  5. Click Save Settings to save the changes on the page.