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automatic purge after x days 2
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I think what you are looking for is....
file delete wait time.
and
minimum file delete wait time.
Both of these can be set in the startup files of the server or you can go into Servman to set them......
From Novell's web site....
Issue
Customer has 500 users on his NetWare 4.10 server that create a lot of disk garbage daily. By using the two set parameters under servman | server parameters | file system parameters ---- minimum file delete wait time & file delete wait time, this does not allow the administrator to keep track of the disk space usage and make sure that there is enough space for files without MANUALLY typing in "purge /all" from a client station.
Here is the request: The two set parameters will activate a purging of the volume only if there is 1/32 or less space left on the volume (pg 320, Utilities Reference Manual). Make a new set parameter to change this 1/32 to anywhere between 1/32 and say 40% of volume space. This would make it so that a user could set this parameter, along with the other two, and when a NetWare volume reaches this threshold, it begins purging files, that have become candidates for purging according to the two set parameters.
file delete wait time.
and
minimum file delete wait time.
Both of these can be set in the startup files of the server or you can go into Servman to set them......
From Novell's web site....
Issue
Customer has 500 users on his NetWare 4.10 server that create a lot of disk garbage daily. By using the two set parameters under servman | server parameters | file system parameters ---- minimum file delete wait time & file delete wait time, this does not allow the administrator to keep track of the disk space usage and make sure that there is enough space for files without MANUALLY typing in "purge /all" from a client station.
Here is the request: The two set parameters will activate a purging of the volume only if there is 1/32 or less space left on the volume (pg 320, Utilities Reference Manual). Make a new set parameter to change this 1/32 to anywhere between 1/32 and say 40% of volume space. This would make it so that a user could set this parameter, along with the other two, and when a NetWare volume reaches this threshold, it begins purging files, that have become candidates for purging according to the two set parameters.
One good tip is to make sure any temporary directories are set as Purgeable. This is to ensure that you dont get zillions of deleted files filling up.
e.g. Queues directories. When a job is printed it is deleted, thus sits as purgeable wasting resources.
Locate your Queues volume or directory and flag them all as P
Same applies to antivirus software. Mcaffe uses a Temp directory where it analyses files. During the day every file that is read or written will have been copied and deleted to this directory so you could thousands in a day. Flag it as P so that the files are immediately purged after deletion.
I have never come accross a site that needs print jobs salvageable!
e.g. Queues directories. When a job is printed it is deleted, thus sits as purgeable wasting resources.
Locate your Queues volume or directory and flag them all as P
Same applies to antivirus software. Mcaffe uses a Temp directory where it analyses files. During the day every file that is read or written will have been copied and deleted to this directory so you could thousands in a day. Flag it as P so that the files are immediately purged after deletion.
I have never come accross a site that needs print jobs salvageable!
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