Add an Archive Job

This section describes how to add an archive job.

To add an archive job

1. Click the Add Archive Job button.

   The History Archive - Add Archive page appears.

   

2. In the Job Name box, type a name for the archive job.

3. In the Job Description box, optionally type some text that describes the archive job.

4. In the Scheduled Date box, type the date that the History Server is to perform the archive job (mm/dd/yyyy).

5. In the Scheduled Time box, type the time when the History server is to perform the archive job (hh:mm am/pm).

6. In the Dump Device Name box, type any device name that you want to use for the archive job. The History Archive application creates a backup device in Microsoft SQL Server with the same name.

7. In the Dump File Name box, type the complete path and name to be used when the archive job runs.

8. Select a name from the Archive Database Name list.

9. In the History Data Start Date box, type the starting point for archiving history data (mm/dd/yyyy). This date is inclusive. All batches completed on or after this date are archived.

10. In the History Data End Date box, type the ending point for archiving history data (mm/dd/yyyy). This date is inclusive. All batches completed on or before this date are archived.

11. Slide the Options setting to enable the Purge Data After Archive if you want the archive job to delete the data (defined by the start and end dates) from the History database when it runs the archive job.

12. Click Add.