Configuring the agent's task history purging period

Products

• IT Management Suite

Issue/Introduction

 By default, task history for the Symantec Management Agent (SMA) is kept for the tasks from last 90 days.  Is there a way to change that time range?

Environment

ITMS 7.5, 8.x, 8.7.x

Resolution

By default, task history for the Symantec Management Agent (SMA) is kept for the tasks from last 90 days.  You can configure that period for the 7.5 SMA by adding a new key to the Windows Registry on the managed computer.

To configure the agent's task history purging period:

1. On the managed computer, start the registry editor.
2. In the registry editor, on the left pane, click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > Software > Altiris > Altiris Agent > Task Management.
3. In the right pane, right-click a blank area, and then click New > DWORD Value.
4. Rename the new value to HistoryKeepDays, and then right-click it, and then click Modify....
5. In the Edit String window, in the Value data box, enter the purging period in days.

    Note: The purging period can be set to 0. If you set the DWORD value to 0, the task history is not kept.

There is a corresponding log record on DEBUG level, which says:

Task Status Collector: Keep history for N days