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Removing a disposition hold

You can remove a disposition hold placed on an entity to restart execution of its disposition schedule.

Remove a disposition hold using the Hold Sweep tool. The Hold Sweep tool can be run using a command line, or manually. To determine the type of hold on an entity, browse to the entity, right-click, select Get Info, and click Holds. If the IsDynamic value is False, the hold is manual, and you can remove the hold manually or through the command line. If the value is True, the hold was placed by Hold Sweep. The only way you can remove the hold is by running Hold sweep.

Remove manual holds

To remove a hold using the information page of the entity:
  1. Go to the entity from which you want to remove the disposition hold.
  2. Click its Get Info icon.
  3. Click Holds in the first section of the panel.
  4. Select the check boxes of any holds you want to remove.
  5. Click Remove Hold.
  6. Click OK on the confirmation page.
To remove a hold using the information page of the hold:
  1. Select the Disposition tab.
  2. Click Holds: holds icon
  3. Click the Get Info icon of the hold you want to remove.
  4. Click Entities on Hold in the panel.
  5. If necessary, filter the entities that are displayed in the Entities on Hold page by entering search criteria and clicking Search. For details about filtering the entities, see the entities on hold topics.
    1. You can change the set of properties for which to enter search criteria by clicking Change.
    2. In the Property Criteria Settings page, specify up to seven properties and an operator for each property, and click Accept Changes.
    3. To perform a new search, enter the search criteria and click Search.
  6. Select the check boxes of the entities from which you want to remove the hold.
  7. Click Remove Hold.
  8. Click OK on the confirmation page.

If you cannot remove a manual hold

If you cannot remove a hold manually, then the hold is probably applied by Hold Sweep. Hold Sweep can take over a manually applied hold if the conditions of the hold are met by the entity. In that case, you can remove conditional holds as mention in the following section.

Remove conditional holds using Hold Sweep

You can remove conditional holds by initiating a hold request, and running Hold Sweep. Generally, run the scheduled Hold Sweep when system usage is low.

After you request removal of the holds in the next Hold Sweep run, you can still cancel this request before the next Hold Sweep runs. After Hold Sweep removes a conditional hold on an entity, the entity receives a flag that tells Hold Sweep not to put it on hold again. If you do want to put it on hold again, you can reactivate it for hold processing.

Initiate a Remove Hold Request

To initiate a Remove Hold Request:
  1. Select the Disposition tab.
  2. Click Holds.
  3. Right-click the hold and select Initiate Remove Hold Request. The Remove Hold Request page asks if you want to remove this hold from associated entities in the next hold sweep run.
  4. Click Accept to remove the hold or Exit to close without initiating the request.

Cancel a remove hold request

After you set a remove hold request, you can cancel it before the next Hold Sweep run. This way the entities remain or are placed on hold again. To cancel the remove hold request:
  1. Select the Disposition tab.
  2. Click Holds.
  3. Right-click the hold and select Cancel Remove Hold Request. The Cancel Remove Hold Request page asks if you want to cancel the Remove Hold Request.
  4. Click Accept to cancel or click Exit to keep the remove hold request.

Reactivate a hold request

After you select Cancel Remove Hold Request and run Hold Sweep, you see Activate for Hold Sweep Processing in the hold menu. Selecting this option sets the hold to be processed during the next Hold Sweep. This option is also the way you put an entity back on conditional hold during the next Hold Sweep run.

Use a command to remove holds immediately

An alternative to the Request Remove Hold mechanism is to use the -ForceRemoveHold Hold Sweep command line. When you remove holds this way, the remove hold applies whether the hold is active or inactive. The remove hold applies whether the holds were applied manually or by Hold Sweep. In the second case, you must specify the removal in the command. You cannot specify the removal by setting up the Object store name and hold names or GUIDs in the configure screen.

Windows

RecordsManagerSweep.bat -HoldSweep -ObjectStore "objectstorename" -ForceRemoveHold "Hold1|Hold2|{E4F6F8F9-4E1A-4762-B062-344980B2B92}" [-profile "profile name"]

AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris

./RecordsManagerSweep.sh -HoldSweep -ObjectStore "objectstorename" -ForceRemoveHold "Hold1|Hold2|{E4F6F8F9-4E1A-4762-B062-344980B2B92}" [-profile "profile name"]

Force removal of all holds

Alternatively, you can use the -All option with -ForceRemoveHold to remove all holds across the entire object store. This option removes all holds regardless of whether they are active or inactive or whether they are conditional or manual. This option would be used only for a special purpose.

RecordsManagerSweep.bat -HoldSweep -ObjectStore "objectstorename" -ForceRemoveHold -All  [-profile "profile name"]

Removing holds on empty containers

Removing a hold from empty containers can cause the Conditions information page of the hold to become read only. This condition happens if you:

Either of these scenarios causes the hold to become inactive for Hold Sweep processing. You must activate the hold by selecting Activate for Hold Sweep Processing from the menu of the hold.



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