FME Server not deleting files using System Cleanup

Hi.

A few dumb questions from me first! The cleanup tasks are enabled, right? In 2017 there's a button to turn them on/off, and I guess 2016 would be similar. Also, there are no filter settings that would stop something being cleaned up?

Also, the cleanup tasks are only set to run once a day. Even if you set Maximum Age to (for example) 1 hour, that's the file age, not the interval at which the cleanup runs. So it would run once a day, removing any files that are >1 hour old (could be 1 hour + 1 second old, could be 23 hours and 59 seconds old)

Of course, also check that the files you expect to be cleaned are actually older than the maximum age.

Then check in the resources folder Logs > Service > Current > fmecleanup.log to see if there are any critical errors in there. You should at least see a check every 5 minutes to see what the disk space status is. This assumes you haven't changed the default log file name in the Server config files.

Also check that FMECleanup.exe is running. I don't honestly know that it is always on, or just triggered by the core at cleanup time, but it can't hurt to check.

Finally check the cleanup configuration settings to see what the Normal Conditions cleanup is set to. Again, it's usually once a day, but you might have it set to a higher number.

After that... well which files are you expecting to be cleaned and where are they? Can you post the cleanup log?

Regards

Mark

Hi @Mark2AtSafe;

I was under the impression that the cleanup would start immediately. In this specific case, if I had to put an age of 30 minutes:

1. How can I test it out?

2. When is he starting time? Can it be changed?

Hi, bit late, but nowadays there is a REST Call to set the TaskInterval (i.e., the frequency in seconds in which cleanup tasks are executed), to a desired number of seconds. It is the PUT request with URL http://localhost/fmerest/v3/cleanup/configuration. In the RequestBody you specify criticalMinDiskPercent=10&criticalMinDiskSpace=10&criticalOperation=AND&taskInterval=60&warningMinDiskPercent=20&warningMinDiskSpace=20&warningOperation=AND&watchInterval=300, where you can set the number of seconds between the execution of cleanup tasks.