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Delete a Policy Server Object

You can delete a Policy Server object that is no longer needed.

Note: Your administrative privileges determine the objects you can access.

To delete an object

1. Click <tab>, <Policy Server category>.

   Example: Click Infrastructure, Authentication.

2. Click <Policy Server object>, Delete <Policy Server object>.

   The Delete Object pane opens.

   Example:

   Click Authentication Scheme, Delete Authentication Scheme.

   The Delete Authentication Scheme pane opens.

3. Specify search criteria, and click Search.

   A list of objects that match the search criteria opens.

4. Select an object from the list, and click Select.

   A confirmation pane opens.

   Note: You can select more than one object at a time.

5. Click Yes.

   The Delete Object task is submitted for processing.

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.

Cleanup Submitted Tasks

You can manage the size of the task-persistence database and can improve runtime performance by scheduling cleanup tasks. You can configure cleanup tasks to remove tasks in the completed state and the audit state from the database. You can also configure limits for the cleanup task itself.

Note: The Cleanup Submitted Tasks option only appears in the Administrative UI (Administration, Admin UI) and you can run scheduled jobs for cleaning up the submitted tasks when you log in as the SiteMinder System Manager. The SiteMinder System Manager account is defined using the Configure Administrative Authentication option. This account that is used during the initial registration of the Administrative UI can be from an external administrator store. The Cleanup Submitted Tasks option does not appear in the Administrative UI for an administrator, even with superuser permissions, and so cannot schedule cleanup tasks.

To clean up submitted tasks

1. Click Administration, Admin UI, Clean Up Submitted Tasks.

   The Recurrence pane opens.

2. Select one of the follow option buttons:
   • Execute now

     Select this option and click Next to skip the scheduling step and go directly to the Clean Up Submitted Tasks pane.

   • Schedule new job

     Scheduling sections open.

   • Modify existing job

     Scheduling sections open.

3. Specify the name of the cleanup task in the Job Name field, the type of schedule, and the scheduling details on the scheduling sections, and click Next.

   The Clean Up Submitted Tasks pane opens.

4. Complete the following fields on the Clean Up Submitted Tasks pane:

   Minimum Age

   Specifies the minimum age in Months, Weeks, Days, Hours, or Minutes of the completed tasks to remove from the task-persistence database.

   Note: Task age is measured from the time that tasks are completed.

   Audit Timeout

   (Optional) Specifies the maximum number of days to keep tasks in the audit state in the task-persistence database.

   Limits: one or greater

   Default: one

   Time Limit

   (Optional) Specifies a time limit in minutes for the cleanup task.

   Task Limit

   (Optional) Specifies a task limit for the cleanup task.

5. Click Finish.

   The Cleanup task is submitted for processing.

Delete Recurring Tasks

You can delete scheduled cleanup tasks that are no longer needed.

To delete recurring tasks

1. Click Administration, Admin UI, Delete Recurring Tasks.

   The Delete Recurring Tasks pane opens.

2. Select one or more scheduled cleanup tasks to delete, and click Submit.

   The Delete task is submitted for processing.