Purging recording from Amethyst 1.5/1.6

[Belinda Frick]

Overview:

Only entries that has been archived/backed up, will be purged. Auto archive runs each night at 21h00.

A backup is made of the database before the purge. As the database entry is purged, the log entries is also deleted.

• Manual Purge
  
  
  • AMETHYST 1.6:
    
    The purge is done according to 'Days to keep alive' under 'Configure Auto Purge'.
    
    AMT-configure-auto purge.jpg
    
    
    Enter the number of days to keep alive for searches using AMETHYST Supervisor.
    NOTE: if purged, then you need to access the archive location using AMTListen to search for recordings.
    
    Click on the button 'Do Manual Purge', to start the manual purge.
    
    
  • AMETHYST 1.5:
    
    Log into Amethyst WebAdmin.
    On the Amethyst Home Page, click on the Configure Auto Purge link.
    This will show the Auto purge screen.
    Enter the number of days that you want to keep live.
    Click on the Do Manual Purge button.
    A confirmation will be asked before the purge will happen.
    
    When the purge is finished, it is recommended to do a Reclaim database space. This will just reclaim all the 'not used' spaced in the Amethyst database. See forum post: How do I fix a AMETHYST 1.5 database
• Automatic Purge
  
  
  • AMETHYST 1.6:
    
    The purge is done according to 'Days to keep alive' under 'Configure Auto Purge'.
    
    AMT-configure-auto purge.jpg
    
    
    Set 'Enable Automatic Purging' to on. Each night at 00h00 auto purge will run.
    NOTE: Only archived recordings will be purged. To enable archiving see forum post
    How do I install a new external/usb archive drive?
    
    
    Enter the number of days to keep alive for searches using AMETHYST Supervisor.
    
    NOTE: If purged, then you need to access the archive location using AMTListen to search for recordings.
    
    Click on the button 'Apply Changes', to enable the auto purge settings.
    
    
  • AMETHYST 1.5:
    
    Log into Amethyst WebAdmin.
    On the Amethyst Home Page, click on the Configure Auto Purge link.
    This will show the Auto purge screen.
    Enter the number of days that you want to keep live.
    Enable the auto purge facility and click the Apply Changes button.
    Only recordings that have been backed up will be purged, so no recordings
    will be lost. ALSO SEE: Setting up backups in Amethyst 1.5