How to configure grooming settings for the Operations Manager database
Important
This version of Operations Manager has reached the end of support, we recommend you to upgrade to Operations Manager 2022.
The grooming process removes unnecessary data from the Operations Manager database in order to maintain performance by managing its size. You can configure the grooming setting for the following data types:
Resolved alerts
Note
Active alerts are never groomed. You must close an alert before it will be groomed.
Event data
Performance data
Task history
Monitoring job data
State change events data
Performance signature
Maintenance mode history
Availability history
Any updates to the grooming settings are applied immediately.
Use the following procedure to specify when specific data types are deleted or groomed from the Operations Manager database in a management group. The default grooming setting for all data types is data older than 7 days.
To configure database grooming settings for a management group
In the Operations console, click Administration.
In the navigation pane, expand Administration, and then click Settings.
In the Settings pane, right-click Database Grooming, and then click Properties.
In the Global Management Group Settings - Database Grooming dialog box, select a data type, and then click Edit.
In the dialog box for the record type, specify Older than days, and then click OK.
In the Global Management Group Settings - Database Grooming dialog box, select another data type to Edit or click OK.
Next steps
- To learn more about the default retention period for the different data types stored in the Operations Manager Reporting data warehouse database and how to modify those settings, please see How to configure grooming settings for the Operations Manager Reporting data warehouse database.