| title | sp_mergemetadataretentioncleanup (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs | ||
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| ms.date | 03/03/2017 | ||
| ms.prod | sql | ||
| ms.prod_service | database-engine | ||
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| ms.technology | replication | ||
| ms.topic | language-reference | ||
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| ms.assetid | 4e8d6343-2a38-421d-a3f3-c37d437a0f88 | ||
| author | stevestein | ||
| ms.author | sstein |
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Performs a manual cleanup of metadata in the MSmerge_genhistory, MSmerge_contents, MSmerge_tombstone, MSmerge_past_partition_mappings, and MSmerge_current_partition_mappings system tables. This stored procedure is executed at each Publisher and Subscriber in the topology.
Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions
sp_mergemetadataretentioncleanup [ [ @num_genhistory_rows = ] num_genhistory_rows OUTPUT ]
[ , [ @num_contents_rows = ] num_contents_rows OUTPUT ]
[ , [ @num_tombstone_rows = ] num_tombstone_rows OUTPUT ]
[ , [ @aggressive_cleanup_only = ] aggressive_cleanup_only ]
[ @num_genhistory_rows = ] num_genhistory_rows OUTPUT
Returns the number of rows cleaned-up from the MSmerge_genhistory table. num_genhistory_rows is int, with a default of 0.
[ @num_contents_rows = ] num_contents_rows OUTPUT
Returns the number of rows cleaned-up from the MSmerge_contents table. num_contents_rows is int, with a default of 0.
[ @num_tombstone_rows = ] num_tombstone_rows OUTPUT
Returns the number of rows cleaned-up from the MSmerge_tombstone table. num_tombstone_rows is int, with a default of 0.
[ @aggressive_cleanup_only = ] aggressive_cleanup_only
Internal use only.
0 (success) or 1 (failure)
Important
If there are multiple publications on a database, and any one of those publications uses an infinite publication retention period, running sp_mergemetadataretentioncleanup does not clean up the merge replication change tracking metadata for the database. For this reason, use infinite publication retention with caution. To determine if a publication has an infinite retention period, execute sp_helpmergepublication (Transact-SQL) at the Publisher and note any publications in the result set with a value of 0 for retention.
Only members of the db_owner fixed database role or users in the publication access list for a published database can execute sp_mergemetadataretentioncleanup.