Grooming is the process of deleting metrics stored in the repository that are older than a given date and time, this process is important because it optimizes the performance of processes such as data collection.
In SQL Workload Analysis you can set your grooming schedule by following these steps:
- Open the file <install-dir>\SQLWA\etc\mq\schedule.xml in notepad.
- Look for the line that specifies the purge schedule in a Standard Cron Format.
- Change the value 1 to your preferred time in the 24-hour format.
- Restart the SWA services.
Default grooming time
By default, the grooming schedule time is 1:10AM every day.
To manually run the Grooming, run the following script
The Grooming Options window allows you to schedule and configure SQL Diagnostic Manager Repository grooming. Grooming is the process of deleting metrics stored in the SQL Diagnostic Manager Repository that are older than a given date and time. It is important to groom data from your Repository to optimize the performance of processes such as report generation and data collection.
1. Process to change the existing grooming schedule.
a) Open the file <install-dir>\SQLWA\etc\mq\schedule.xml in an editor like notepad++.
b) Line number 19 specifies the purge schedule in the standard cron format.
It is currently scheduled to run at 1.10 AM every day. Please change the value 1 to any number in the 24- hour format according to your convenience.
c) Restart relevant Idera Workload Analysis services. (Collection & GUI)
2. Manually running the Grooming script.
PFA the attached script.
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