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History Cleanup Task (Maintenance Plan)

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Applies to: SQL Server

Use the History Cleanup Task dialog to discard old historical information from tables in the msdb database. This task supports deleting backup and restore history, SQL Server Agent Job history, and maintenance plan history.

This statement uses the sp_purge_jobhistory and sp_delete_backuphistory statements.

UI element list

  • Connection

    Select the server connection to use when performing this task.

  • New

    Create a new server connection to use when performing this task. The New Connection dialog box is described later in this article.

  • Backup and restore history

    Retaining records of when recent backups were created can help SQL Server create a recovery plan when you want to restore a database. The retention period should be at least the frequency of full database back ups.

  • SQL Server Agent Job history

    This history can help you troubleshoot failed jobs, or determine why database actions occurred.

  • Maintenance plan history

    This history can help you troubleshoot failed maintenance plan jobs, or determine why database actions occurred.

  • Remove historical data older than

    Specify age of items that you want to delete.

  • View T-SQL

    View the Transact-SQL statements performed against the server for this task, based on the selected options.

    Note

    When the number of objects affected is large, this display can take a considerable amount of time.

New Connection dialog box

  • Connection name

    Enter a name for the new connection.

  • Select or enter a server name

    Select a server to connect to when performing this task.

  • Refresh

    Refresh the list of available servers.

  • Enter information to log on to the server

    Specify how to authenticate against the server.

  • Use Windows integrated security

    Connect to an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine with Microsoft Windows Authentication.

  • Use a specific user name and password

    Connect to an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine using SQL Server Authentication. This option isn't available.

  • User name

    Provide a SQL Server login to use when authenticating. This option isn't available.

  • Password

    Provide a password to use when authenticating. This option isn't available.

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