Tar Compaction activity on Adobe AEM 6.1 repository is stuck

[vaishnavaman]

I am trying to perform a Revision Cleanup activity on AEM Repository to reduce the size of the same by Tar Compaction. The Repository Size is 730 GB and Adobe Version is 6.1 which is old. The estimated time is 7-8 hours for the activity to get completed. We ran it for 24 hours straight but the activity is still running and no output. We have also tried running all the commands to speed up the process but still it is taking time. Kindly suggest an alternative to reduce the size of the repository.

[Jaideep_Brar · Accepted solution]

The only way to reduce the repo size will be to run compaction. See [1] for more options on logging and improving performance. Also, Install the latest Oak CFP before triggering it again.

The last option will be to start a new 6.5/6.4 instance and move the content via crx2oak Or using packages.

[1] https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/kb/oak-offline-compaction---improve-performance--avoid-me...

[kautuk_sahni]

@Jaideep_Brar, good to see you back in the AEM Community.

[Jaideep_Brar]

Thanks Kautuk! Good to be back