Purging Data from Console
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Schedule Console to purge the data now or at a later date.
- Run now: Back up the database immediately.
- Run later: Specify a time in the future or configure a repeating purge operation.
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Select time frame of data to purge.
Choose the date by entering a number and selecting day, week, or month from the drop-down menu. Make sure the automatically updated date displayed next to the drop-down menu is the desired day before proceeding.
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Choose the type of transfers to include.
Select All closed transfers or choose from the following list:
- All successful transfers
- All cancelled transfers
- All error transfers
- All inactive transfers
- All zero-byte transfers
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Save the data being purged for archiving purposes.
Select Save data being purged? and enter the desired absolute path into the Save to field (for example, /tmp/data or D:\data\). The purged data will then be stored in the file purged_data.sql in the directory: [absolute path]/console_purge_YYYY-MM-DD_hhmmss/ .Tip: Saved purged data can be restored by following the instructions in Restoring Purged Data.
- When finished, click the Purge Now or Schedule Purge button (depending on whether you selected Run now or Run later above).