Trim Journal Queue Recovery

Microsoft.MSMQ.2008.Recovery.TrimJournalQueue (Recovery)

This Recovery Trims the journal queue down to a predefined quota percentage usage.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

Removes messages from the journal queue.

Configuration

Messages will be removed from the journal starting with the oldest and then continuing according to the specific logic. There are three different types of potential logic as follows:

quota	Remove messages until the quota percentage is reduced to the target value.
time	Remove all messages older than the specified date/time.
kbytes	Remove messages totaling the specified number of kilobytes.
purge	Removes all messages.

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.MSMQ.2008.Queues
Monitor	Microsoft.MSMQ.2008.Monitor.Queue.JournalPercentage
Reset Monitor	True
Remotable	True
Timeout	300
Category	AvailabilityHealth
Enabled	false
Accessibility	Public

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
TrimQueue	WriteAction	Microsoft.MSMQ.2008.TrimQueue	Default

Source Code:

<Recovery ID="Microsoft.MSMQ.2008.Recovery.TrimJournalQueue" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="false" Target="Microsoft.MSMQ.2008.Queues" Monitor="Microsoft.MSMQ.2008.Monitor.Queue.JournalPercentage" ResetMonitor="true" ExecuteOnState="Error" Remotable="true" Timeout="300">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <WriteAction ID="TrimQueue" TypeID="Microsoft.MSMQ.2008.TrimQueue">

    <Computer>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</Computer>

    <QueuePath>$Target/Property[Type="Microsoft.MSMQ.2008.Queue"]/PathName$</QueuePath>

    <TargetQueue>journal</TargetQueue>

    <TrimLogic>quota</TrimLogic>

    <NumericParameter>60</NumericParameter>

    <TimeoutSeconds>300</TimeoutSeconds>

  </WriteAction>

</Recovery>