From the course: Learning Autodesk Vault
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Purge files
- [Voiceover] Each time a file is updated in Vault a version is saved within the vault. This process could rapidly increase the space needed on the server. By purging the files the reduction of the server size is drastically reduced. Let's go into the Autodesk Data Management Server Console and look how to do that. So I have one vault here called MYVAULT, so if I right-click on that vault I have an option here called Purge Files. So I could say keep all the versions except the latest five, or I could even say the latest ten and so on. I can also purge it based on time. I can purge everything that's a half a year old. Or, I could even purge everything with a particular comment, saying where delete me or junk. So, you could run this through. Now be very careful that you specify clearly what you want. You may not want to delete all the old files. A simple back-up may be the best way to archive your data. And I would actually recommend, before a purge, to do a full back-up of your vault…
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