Windows: Deleting inactive S-TAPs in a centralized environment

You can use a cron job on the central manager to delete all inactive S-TAP® instances.

1. Go to Manage > System View > Enterprise S-TAP View.
2. In the Actions menu, select Add API mapping.
3. In the Add API Mapping dialog, search for and select delete_inactive_stap.
4. In the Enterprise S-TAP view, right-click in any row and select Invoke > delete_inactive_stap
5. Create a script to schedule running this API periodically on the central manager.
   Sample shell script for running the API:

   #!/bin/bash
   
   echo >> ${GUARD_LOG_DIR}/delete_inactive_staps.log
   echo >> ${GUARD_LOG_DIR}/delete_inactive_staps.log
   
   echo Deleteing inactive staps from all managed units $dateStr >> ${GUARD_LOG_DIR}/delete_inactive_staps.log
   date >> ${GUARD_LOG_DIR}/delete_inactive_staps.log
   
   #Run the delete inactive stap command from CM for all S-TAPs on all managed_units
   
   echo -e "grdapi delete_inactive_stap stapHost=all api_target_host=all_managed" | su - cli >> ${GUARD_LOG_DIR}/delete_inactive_staps.log
   
   exit 0

6. Create a cron job to run the script after the report is refreshed, at whatever interval you decide for both the report refresh and the cron job.