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Manage Task-persistence Database

Every Administrative UI task stays in the task-persistence database indefinitely or until removed by a SiteMinder administrator. You can remove tasks from the database and free up disk space by scheduling cleanup tasks. Cleanup tasks allow you to manage the size of the task-persistence database and improve runtime performance.

Every task exists in the task-persistence database in one of the following states:

• Audit State

  A task in the audit state has been initiated in the Administrative UI, but not submitted. For example, View tasks are initiated in the Administrative UI, but are never submitted.

• Submitted State

  Submitted tasks are tasks that have been submitted for processing in the Administrative UI, but that are not yet complete.

• Completed State

  Completed tasks are submitted tasks that completed processing. Completed tasks include tasks that completed processing successfully and tasks that failed to complete processing successfully, but are nonetheless complete.

Cleanup tasks can remove tasks in the audit state and completed state from the task-persistence database. Cleanup tasks cannot remove submitted tasks that are still pending.

In the Admin UI menu on the Administration tab in the Administrative UI, you can schedule, modify, and delete cleanup tasks through the following two options:

• Clean Up Submitted Tasks

  Use this option to schedule new cleanup tasks or modify existing ones.

• Delete Recurring Tasks

  Use this option to delete scheduled cleanup tasks.