We ran into a scenario on one of our asset-heavy CMS instances. The virtual machine ran out of disk-space due to the high number of large DMS assets in the CMS. We were quickly able to clear out the disk to solve the immediate need, but I was left wondering how we could clean out old or archived assets versions that were irrelevant and unnecessary moving forward.
After tweeting about it, searching the forums, and even pinging my internal Ektron contacts, I was still no closer to a finding a satisfactory solution.
So, I decided to ask Ektron support. Kudos to knowledgeable Ektron support engineering for having the answer to my question.
Though it it does not do exactly what I had hoped, it is close enough.
If you are stuck with a DMS heavy CMS instance, with very limited disk-space, be sure to bookmark the following link, Ektron CMS Purge History Option.
The utility will allow you clear out versioned content and assets based on:
- A specific date before which historical versions are purged
- A folder and subfolders
- Published as well as checked-in versions of content