Is there any easy way to manage multiple shadow files at once when using the epp-server itself as shadow repository?
Example1: I want to delete all “.png” or “.jpg” files from the shadow repository. How can I do that?
Example2: I want to delete all “.xlsx” files from a specific client How can I do that?
Example3: I want to have a look at the largest shadow files and decide if I want to keep them or already delete them?
Am I missing something or is the only way to manage shadow files via the “File Maintenance” - and that is obviously not practible when the files are sorted in folders based on the file-hash???
You’re absolutely right in your understanding. When using the EPP server itself as the shadow repository, the management options for shadow files are limited. We are aware that is an area of potential improvement.
My colleague, Zoran, is absolutely right. Currently, there are no plans specific to File Maintenance on our roadmap. Our focus at the moment is on other high-priority tasks and enhancements in other areas of the product.
However, we invite you to log a new idea for improvement, which we will carefully consider for potential future inclusion.
Update:
After alignment with Product Team colleagues please be informed that in our mid-term roadmap, we will focus our DEV effort and further improvements related of External File Shadows and it’s type, which is addressed by plenty of customers.
File Maintenance feature, has been announced as upcoming deprecation in latest Release Notes starting from 5.9.4.0 and following, so currently we are not considering to work on improvements there.
I am sorry for any confusion caused here. We welcome you to remain involved in our conversations and provide your valuable insights.