Lifetimes for entries on the Task Results Page

Overview

HP SIM enables you to set how long entries remain on the Task Results Page after a task completes.

Short and long task lifetimes. Some task results are kept for a short time, while other task results are kept for a longer time. Tasks fall into one or the other category based on the type of tool associated with them. Tasks for the following tools have a short lifetime:

Web-launch tools
Tools that run from the mxexec command line using the -O or -o options to save the command output
Tools that run X Window commands
Tools that specify in their tool definition the "job-log" flag as disabled, including:
- Hardware Status Polling
- Data Collection
- Identify Systems
- Software Status Polling
- Delete Events
- System Protocol Settings
- Automatic Discovery
- Hardware Status Polling

Tools in this category have no task output, have task output that is saved outside of HP Systems Insight Manager, or have task results that are unlikely to be of long-term interest. Tasks for all other tools have the long lifetime.

Frequently scheduled tasks. Task results can also be removed from the Task Results Page if a certain number of task results for a scheduled task accumulate. This setting defaults to 10 instances of a single task. If more than 10 accumulate on the results page, then the oldest task result for this scheduled task is removed.

Last result tasks. A task result is kept indefinitely if it is the last result for a scheduled task. For example, if a scheduled task is disabled, its final task result is kept indefinitely or until the task is enabled and more task results accumulate.

Implementation

To configure the short and long task lifetimes, edit the mx.properties file.

The short lifetime defaults to 30 minutes. To change that time, edit:
MX_JOB_CACHE_TIME_COMPLETED_JOBS=30
The long lifetime defaults to 30 days. To change that time, edit:
MX_JOB_MAX_COMPLETED_JOB_AGE=30

Task results for frequently scheduled tasks start to drop off after 10 instances. To change this value, edit:

MX_JOB_MAX_COMPLETED_JOBS_PER_TASK=10




	NOTE: The limit of 10 task results applies to scheduled tasks with the "job-log" flag enabled in the tool definition. Scheduled tasks for the tools with the "job-log" flag disabled have a limit of 1. This value is not configurable.

By default, the last task results for a scheduled task is kept indefinitely. If you want to keep more than 1 job, edit:
MX_JOB_MIN_COMPLETED_JOBS_PER_TASK=1
NOTE: This many job instances per task is kept regardless of the MX_JOB_MAX_COMPLETED_JOB_AGE setting.

Lifetimes for entries on the Task Results Page

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