RE: 12.2.0.1 scheduler tables not being purged

From: Beckstrom, Jeffrey <jbeckstrom_at_gcrta.org>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 13:51:54 +0000
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Looks like very recent information is purging but not all information. Checked several databases and all doing something similar.

select trunc(log_date),count(*) from sys.dba_scheduler_job_run_details group by trunc(log_date) order by 1

TRUNC(LOG COUNT(*)
--------- ----------

These go back to 2011

02-JUN-20         16
03-JUN-20         18
04-JUN-20         18
05-JUN-20         16
06-JUN-20        106
07-JUN-20        112
08-JUN-20         16
09-JUN-20         18
10-JUN-20         18
11-JUN-20         17
12-JUN-20         18
13-JUN-20        106
14-JUN-20        111
15-JUN-20         18
16-JUN-20         16
17-JUN-20         18
18-JUN-20         13
19-JUN-20         16
20-JUN-20         11
21-JUN-20        102
22-JUN-20         18
23-JUN-20         16
24-JUN-20         18
25-JUN-20         18
26-JUN-20         16
27-JUN-20         11        - from here on looks like purging
25-APR-21          4
26-APR-21          8
27-APR-21          8
28-APR-21          8
29-APR-21          8
30-APR-21          8
01-MAY-21         10
02-MAY-21          9
03-MAY-21          8
04-MAY-21          8
05-MAY-21          8
06-MAY-21         11

From: Beckstrom, Jeffrey
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 8:09 AM
To: Karthikeyan Panchanathan <keyantech_at_gmail.com>; oracle-l_at_freelists.org Subject: RE: 12.2.0.1 scheduler tables not being purged

The attached shows no rows from June 28, 2020 to April 24, 2021 so some data is being purged.Howver there is a lot of data from June 27, 2020 and earlier.

From: Beckstrom, Jeffrey
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 7:43 AM
To: Karthikeyan Panchanathan <keyantech_at_gmail.com<mailto:keyantech_at_gmail.com>>; oracle-l_at_freelists.org<mailto:oracle-l_at_freelists.org> Subject: RE: 12.2.0.1 scheduler tables not being purged

Select * from dba_scheduler_global_attribute ;

ATTRIBUTE_NAME



VALUE

MAX_JOB_SLAVE_PROCESSES LOG_HISTORY
30

DEFAULT_TIMEZONE
US/Eastern

LAST_OBSERVED_EVENT EVENT_EXPIRY_TIME CURRENT_OPEN_WINDOW EMAIL_SERVER EMAIL_SERVER_ENCRYPTION
NONE EMAIL_SERVER_CREDENTIAL EMAIL_SENDER FILE_WATCHER_COUNT
0

11 rows selected.

From: Beckstrom, Jeffrey
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 7:33 AM
To: Karthikeyan Panchanathan <keyantech_at_gmail.com<mailto:keyantech_at_gmail.com>>; oracle-l_at_freelists.org<mailto:oracle-l_at_freelists.org> Subject: RE: 12.2.0.1 scheduler tables not being purged

There is no object called dba_shcheduler_global_Attirbute.

The scheduler shows "purge_log" as running with no failures.

From: Karthikeyan Panchanathan <keyantech_at_gmail.com<mailto:keyantech_at_gmail.com>> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2021 4:32 PM
To: Beckstrom, Jeffrey <jbeckstrom_at_gcrta.org<mailto:jbeckstrom_at_gcrta.org>>; oracle-l_at_freelists.org<mailto:oracle-l_at_freelists.org> Subject: Re: 12.2.0.1 scheduler tables not being purged

Dbms_scheduler.run_job('PURGE_LOG')

That should purge job log.

Please check dba_shcheduler_global_Attirbute where attribute_name='LOG_HISTORY' to see log history value

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org<mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org> <oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org<mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org>> on behalf of Beckstrom, Jeffrey <jbeckstrom_at_gcrta.org<mailto:jbeckstrom_at_gcrta.org>> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2021 2:45:42 PM
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What purges the scheduler tables? We are seeing entries going back to 2011. The sys owned purge_log job does show as being scheduled with no failures.

select min (log_date) from dba_scheduler_job_log;

MIN(LOG_DATE)



03-OCT-11 10.00.01.100000 PM -04:00 select min (log_date) from sys.SCHEDULER$_EVENT_LOG;

MIN(LOG_DATE)



03-OCT-11 10.00.01.100000 PM -04:00 Jeffrey Beckstrom

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