Automatic Message Cleanup
The Automatic Message Cleanup panel lets you establish a schedule for automatically acknowledging displayed messages and deleting logged messages from the ZENworks database.
Preferred Maintenance Server
Specify the IP address of the preferred server on which the Message Cleanup actions runs to acknowledge or delete the logged messages from the database.
Information
Allows you to configure the following settings for informational messages:
Auto acknowledge when older than [ ] days
Allows you to automatically acknowledge the logged informational messages that are older than the number of days you specify. For example, if you specify 30 days, then all the informational messages logged before 30 days from the current date are acknowledged when the message Clean up activity is scheduled to run. If you specify zero, then the informational messages dated until today are acknowledged. By default, all the informational messages older than 60 days are automatically acknowledged.
Auto delete when older than [ ] days
Allows you to automatically delete the logged informational messages that are older than the number of days you specify. For example, if you specify 30 days, then all the informational messages logged before 30 days from the current date are deleted when the message Clean up activity is scheduled to run. If you specify zero, then the informational messages dated until today are deleted. By default, all the informational messages older than 60 days are automatically deleted.
NOTE:If you want to specify days in both the auto-acknowledge and auto-delete options, then the number for auto-acknowledge days should always be smaller than the number for auto-delete days.
Warnings
Allows you to configure the following settings for warning messages:
Auto acknowledge when older than [ ] days
Allows you to automatically acknowledge the logged warning messages that are older than the number of days you specify. For example, if you specify 30 days, then all the warning messages logged before 30 days from the current date are acknowledged when the message Clean up activity is scheduled to run. If you specify zero, then the warning messages dated until today are acknowledged. By default, all the warning messages older than 60 days are automatically acknowledged.
Auto delete when older than [ ] days
Allows you to automatically delete the logged warning messages that are older than the number of days you specify. For example, if you specify 30 days, then all the warning messages logged before 30 days from the current date are deleted when the message Clean up activity is scheduled to run. If you specify zero, then the warning messages dated until today are deleted. By default, all the warning messages older than 60 days are automatically deleted.
NOTE:If you want to specify days in both the auto-acknowledge and auto-delete options, then the number for auto-acknowledge days should always be smaller than the number for auto-delete days.
Errors
Allows you to configure the following settings for error messages:
Auto acknowledge when older than [ ] days
Allows you to automatically acknowledge the logged error messages that are older than the number of days you specify. For example, if you specify 30 days, then all the error messages logged before 30 days from the current date are acknowledged when the message Clean up activity is scheduled to run. If you specify zero, then the error messages dated until today are acknowledged. By default, all the error messages older than 60 days are automatically acknowledged.
Auto delete when older than [ ] days
Allows you to automatically delete the logged error messages that are older than the number of days you specify. For example, if you specify 30 days, then all the error messages logged before 30 days from the current date are deleted when the message Clean up activity is scheduled to run. If you specify zero, then error messages dated until today are deleted. By default, all the error messages older than 60 days are automatically deleted.
NOTE:If you want to specify days in both the auto-acknowledge and auto-delete options, then the number for auto-acknowledge days should always be smaller than the number for auto-delete days.
Select the Days Of the Week and the Time to Perform the Message Cleanup
Allows you to specify the time and date to run the Message Cleanup action. The administrator can set a daily schedule for Message Cleanup action.
Use Coordinated Universal Time
Allows you to convert the specified time to GMT time. By default, this option is selected.