Content store cleanup does not work

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manu2097

Hello.
Sorry for my English, I'm trying to move documents to
contentstore –> contentstore.delete, but does not work.
My configuration is:

system.content.eagerOrphanCleanup=true
system.content.orphanProtectDays=0
system.content.orphanCleanup.cronExpression=0 0/7 * * * ?‍‍‍

Log:

[STDOUT] 09:28:00,104  WARN  [content.cleanup.ContentStoreCleaner] Property 'protectDays' is set to 0.  Please ensure that your backup strategy is appropriate for this setting.
[STDOUT] [b]09:28:00,105[/b]  DEBUG [content.cleanup.ContentStoreCleaner] Content store cleanup started.
[STDOUT] [b]09:28:00,277 [/b] DEBUG [content.cleanup.ContentStoreCleaner]    Content store cleanup completed.‍‍‍

But in the contentstore stills the files, they have not been deleted or moved to contentstore.deleted

In the log I don't find any error.
Alfresco version: 3.2.0 r

Regards, Manuel.

mvanle

You need to first empty your trashcan to remove database references to the contentstore objects (ie. create orphaned data).

You can do this via

• http://localhost:8080/alfresco -> User Profile -> Manage Deleted Items
• http://localhost:8080/share -> More -> (Admin Tools) More -> (File Management) Trashcan

When a user deletes a file in Explorer or Share, the file is not immediately removed from the ContentStore. It first gets moved to the Recycle Bin/Deleted Items (Trashcan) and will remain there forever until the user/admin empties their Trashcan (to remove the database references to the ContentStore objects thereby creating orphaned data). After that, the physical file will still exist in the "alf_data/contentstore" directory (and consume disk space) until the number of days specified by the "system.content.orphanProtectDays" property is exceeded, after which it will be physically moved to the "alf_data/contentstore.deleted" directory. The default value is 14 days. The contents of "alf_data/contentstore.deleted" can then be deleted from the file system using operating system commands. (Adapted from http://www.softbless.com/en/content/File-Deletion-Mechanism-in-Alfresco-Document-Management-System).