Answer

PROBLEM

When attempting to export data from the GFI EventsManager database using the database operations, the following error is received:

"The maintenance job failed!"

ENVIRONMENT

• All Supported Environments

SOLUTION

In order to export the data required, you will need to use the GFI EventsManager Advanced Filters to reduce the number of Events exported.  This will essentially reduce the size of the data which is being compressed.  Further information on how to create Database Operations data filter conditions can be found in the GFI EventsManager User Manual, in the ‘Configuring data filter conditions’ section.

• The GFI EventsManager manual can be found here

CAUSE

GFI EventsManager uses an ASP.Net Library called GZipStream to compress and export data from the GFI EventsManager databases. GZipStream is unable to compress data larger than 4GB. GFI EventsManager will return the error mentioned above should you trying to export data which is larger than 4GB.