The CLI dbcleanup command

Current version: 10.3

The Sitecore CLI Database Cleanup plugin performs database cleanup according to the provided tasks.

Usage

You can use the dbcleanup command as follows:

RequestResponse
  sitecore dbcleanup [options]

Options

The dbcleanup command has the following options:

Option

Description

–db <list-of-databases>

--database <list-of-databases>

Comma-separated list of databases targeted for cleanup tasks.

–cf, --clean-fields

Clean up fields. Deletes data from fields - shared fields, unversioned fields, versioned fields - that have no related items.

–cof, --clean-orphanfields

Clean up orphaned fields. Cleans the field data from the orphans removed in items that have no parent.

–cb, --clean-blobs

Clean up blobs. Deletes blob fields that have no related field.

–c, --config

Path to root sitecore.config directory.

Default: current working directory.

–n, --environment-name

Named Sitecore environment to use.

Default: "default".

–v, --verbose

Write some additional diagnostic and performance data.

–t, --trace

Write more additional diagnostic and performance data.

–?, -h, --help

Display developer help and usage information about the command.

Examples

The following are examples of using the dbcleanup subcommand:

Command

Result

sitecore dbcleanup

Performed all cleanup tasks on all databases.

RequestResponse
[Task][core] clean-fields completed
[Task][core] clean-blobs completed
[Task][core] clean-orphanfields completed
[Task][web] clean-fields completed
[Task][web] clean-blobs completed
[Task][web] clean-orphanfields completed
[Task][master] clean-fields completed
[Task][master] clean-blobs completed
[Task][master] clean-orphanfields completed

sitecore dbcleanup --db web, master --cb

Performed the clean-blobs task for Web and Master databases.

RequestResponse
[Task][web] clean-blobs completed
[Task][master] clean-blobs completed

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