Configure grooming settings for the Operations Manager database

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'll 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 seven days.

Configure database grooming settings for a management group

1. In the Operations console, select Administration.

2. In the navigation pane, expand Administration, and select Settings.

3. In the Settings pane, right-click Database Grooming, and select Properties.

4. In the Global Management Group Settings - Database Grooming dialog, select a data type, and select Edit.

5. In the dialog for the record type, specify Older than days, and select OK.

6. In the Global Management Group Settings - Database Grooming dialog, select another data type to Edit or select 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, see How to configure grooming settings for the Operations Manager Reporting data warehouse database.