[ISS Support Case] How to configure auto delete old History blocks

Last updated: March 7th, 2025

Description

Running out of server space and on the Historian server is managing our history blocks. Looking for an automatic delete 7 or 8 years should be good we are 2014 R2 SP1 11.6.19102 Right now the the original data is in the circular folder it's also pushing some files to an alternate folder in a partition of the drive. It's the alternate folder where the HB need to be deleted.

Author: Kevin Modlin
Published: March 7th, 2025

Details:

Product: Historian

Version: 11.6

Solution: [Solution is visible below when you're logged in and have a current subscription]

Date Created:	01/05/2023
Case:	83382

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