startdbpurge

Use the startdbpurge command to create a database purge task to be run as a non-interactive task at a later time, using the IBM Director scheduler.

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram>>-perfcli-- --startdbpurge-- ---devtype--+-ess-+-- ---quiet---->
                                          +-svc-+
                                          '-all-'

>--+---------------+-- --+----------------------+-- ------------>
   +--days--days---+     '--rmexceptinfo--+-y-+-'
   '--years--years-'                      '-n-'

>--task_name---------------------------------------------------><

Parameters

-devtype ess | svc | all
An optional parameter that clears data for only the device type specified.
-quiet
An optional parameter that turns off the confirmation prompt for this command.
-days days | -years years
Specifies the number of days or years for which the performance data will be purged. Valid values for days are from 1 to 365 days. Valid values for years are from 1 to 10 years. If this flag is not specified, performance data for 365 days will be purged. You should specify either the -days or the -years flag.
-rmexceptinfo y | n
An optional parameter that specifies whether exception data is to be purged. Specify y to purge the data; specify n if you do not want the data purged.
task_name
Assigns a user-defined task name for the database purge task. The task name must be unique and cannot be the same as another existing Director task name.

Description

You can use the startdbpurge command to create a database purge task to be run as a non-interactive task at a later time, using the IBM Director scheduler.

Return values

Possible failures

Examples

An invocation example:

perfcli startdbpurge -devtype ess -perfinfo 5 -unit days mypurgetask

The resulting output:

Are you sure you want to purge the database since this is an irrecoverable operation
that could be a long-running task and impact concurrent operations? y/n

y
Database purge task mypurgetask successfully started.

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