Executing the Alert Purge Utility

Verify that the TBAML database is operational:

tnsping <database instance name>

Verify that the

<OFSAAI Installed
                        Directory>/database/db_tools/mantas_cfg/ install.cfg

configuration file contains the correct source database connection and logging information.

Access the directory where the shell script resides:

cd <OFSAAI Installed Directory>/database/db_tools/bin

Start the Alert Purge shell script:

run_alert_purge.sh
                    -purge

Executing this command sets the environment classpath and starts the utility. You may also pass command line arguments to the utility, and execute the utility in any of the following ways:

You may pass a list of purge rules (as configured in PurgeRules.xml file) separated by a comma (,) following the convention of alert_rule_<i0> for alert-related rules and case_rule_<i0> for case-related rules; here i0 is an integer representing the corresponding rule number in the purgeRules.xml file.
```
./run_alert_purge.sh -purge
alert_rule_<i0>,alert_rule_<i1>,case_rule_<i2>….
```
You may instruct the utility not to purge any alerts, but only cases, and vice-versa. If the value passed is 'alert=N' the utility considers this as no to purge alerts
```
./run_alert_purge.sh -purge alert=N
```
If the value passed is 'case=N' the utility considers this as no to purge cases

./run_alert_purge.sh -purge case=N
You may instruct the utility only to simulate the purge process and not purge the alerts and cases by passing a command line parameter 'test=Y'. In this case, the utility considers this as running in test mode and generates the report of alerts and cases that would have purged.
```
./run_alert_purge.sh -purge test=Y
```
You can provide all these parameters or a combination of these parameters irrespective of order, once at a time, to the utility as shown in the example below:
```
./run_alert_purge.sh -purge case=N alert_rule_<i0>,alert_rule<i1>
test=Y
```
Note:
If the utility is executed without any command line arguments, the utility considers purging the alerts and cases as configured in the install.cfg file.

7.4.4.2 Executing the Alert Purge Utility