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| k4mik4z3 |
 Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:09 pm Post subject: Cleanup Server not working as expected |
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Joined: 03 Aug 2006
Posts: 24
Location: India
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Hi guys, we're having some trouble with the cleanup server.
Here's the scenario-
For one process template, we have the KEEP_WORKITEMS and KEEP_PROCESSES set to 1 hour. We created 2 workitems for them and completed them, Process instance is still Running and not finished.
Cleanup server is scheduled to run at midnight, and these workitems were completed at 10:30 pm. But the finished workitems are not getting cleaned up when it runs.
If the cleanup server is run manually by the admin, they are getting removed as expected. 
I noted that the cleanup server removes Finished Process Intances as expected but not the workitems. So what could be the problem ? With the settings we 've used ? The following are the settings we've used -
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SERVER
TYPE EXECUTION_SERVER
CHECK_INTERVAL 5 MINUTES
NUMBER_OF_INSTANCES 4
EXTERNAL_CONTROL NO
NO IMMEDIATE_CLEANUP
NAVIGATION_TRANSACTION_THRESHOLD 1999999999
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SERVER
TYPE SCHEDULING_SERVER
START_MODE DEFERRED
CHECK_INTERVAL 5 MINUTES
CREATE_NOTIFICATION_ITEMS_THRESHOLD 10
DELETE_NOTIFICATION_ITEMS_THRESHOLD 500
NOTIFICATION_CHECK_INTERVAL 5 MINUTES
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SERVER
TYPE CLEANUP_SERVER
START_MODE DEFERRED
START_TIME EVERY DAY AT 0:00
STOP_TIME EVERY DAY AT 6:00
CHECK_INTERVAL 5 MINUTES
CLEANUP_TIME 7 DAYS
CLEANUP_DELAY_TIME 1 HOURS
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Any changes required to these settings or are there any other settings we need to change ? |
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| jmac |
| Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 6:20 am Post subject: |
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Jedi Knight
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Location: EmeriCon, LLC
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If I understand you correctly, this is working as expected. The cleanup server will only delete the workitems, once the Instance is finished, and I think you are saying that the the instance is still running.
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| k4mik4z3 |
| Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes that is the case currently, but we want to configure it in such a way that the workitems WILL be deleted exactly one hour after completion (assume cleanup server is running at that time) no matter how long the process instance remains running... |
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| jmac |
| Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:26 am Post subject: |
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It is my opinion that what you want can not be done.
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| k4mik4z3 |
| Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 5:31 am Post subject: |
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Ouch ! 
Anyway, let me explain, there was this attribute FMC_NO_WORKITEM_CLEANUP which was set to YES, The workflow server was recycled and then we tested this scenario.
This time the workitems WERE being cleaned up before the process instances went into 'Finished' state. BUT workitems due to be cleaned 10 hours later were also getting cleaned up.
So I wanna know if this attribute really made the difference or this was some freak occurence due to something other reason.
Btw i'm not the WF admin so I cannot export this attribute at will and test it  |
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| jmac |
| Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:36 am Post subject: |
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Jedi Knight
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FMC_NO_WORKITEM_CLEANUP is a way to boost performance of the Cleanup server. It is documented in the Admin guide.
I was under the impression that no cleanup was done until the instance was complete, but I could be wrong with respect to the Workitems. The ActivityInstance can not be deleted, but I guess it is possible that the workitems could be deleted.
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| hos |
| Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:10 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
if you have set the FMC_NO_WORKITEM_CLEANUP setting, this overrules the
KEEP_WORKITEMS setting, i.e. the workitems are deleted when the related process instance is deleted (see its description in the Admin Guide).
As FMC_NO_WORKITEM_CLEANUP is an environment variable, you might or might not have set it during startup of the server, which may explain different results. Note also, that the value of FMC_NO_WORKITEM_CLEANUP does not make a difference, the server only checks whether it is set or not. |
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