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4. ClicktheTaskDatatab.SelecteitherSaflok6000or
SaflokMessenger.SettheArchiveRecord
ThresholdandArchiveMonthCountforeach
databaseandclickApply.
o ArchiverecordthresholdisoneofthecriteriaSchedulerusestodetermineifanArchiveisnecessary.
Thedefaultsettingis20000.Inthiscase,whenSchedulerscanstheTransactionLogfileandithas
morethan20000transactionrecords,itwillalsochecktheArchiveMonthCounttoseeifitshould
createanarchive.Iftherearelessthan20000recordsinthedatabase,itwillnotperformanarchive.
o ArchiveMonthCountisthenumberofmonthsthatyouwanttokeepinthecurrentlogfile;anything
olderthanthissettingwillgetarchived.Thedefaultsettingis3(only1,2,or3monthsselected).In
thiscase,ifthereareover20000transactionrecordsandtheyareolderthan3months,Schedulerwill
createanarchivefile.
o Ifthereare20000records,andtheyareallunder3monthsold,anarchivewillnotbecreated.
Similarly,iftherecordsareolderthan3monthsbuttherearefewerthan20000,anarchivewillnot
becreated.
o TherecommendedsettingsfortheMessengerdatabaseare10000recordsand1Month.Asthereare
typicallymanyhundredsorthousandsofrecordsperdaythatarestoredintheMessenger
transactionlogfile(Saflokmsgrlogv2.gdb).
o OnceSchedulerhasdeterminedthatanarchiveneedstobeperformed,itwillarchivetherecordsfrom
theSafloklogv2.gdbfile,andputthemintoanARC_SAFLOKLOG####.gdbfile.
o Onceanarchivefilehasbeencreated,andatransactionhistoryreportisrunthatspansintothe
archivedrecords,youwillget2ormoredifferentreports,illustratedbelow.Thetopreportwouldbe
fromtheCurrentdatabase,andthesecondreportisfromthearchive.