How the cdc retention value can be changed for the cleanup job?

Question

I\'m implementing a logging feature on a asp.net mvc2 application, that uses SqlServer2008 as a database and Entity Framework as a data model.

I enabled CDC feature of S

Answer 1

If you want to retain the CDC data indefinitly, you can simply disable the CDC cleanup job:

1. Open SQL Server Management Studio and connect to your database server
2. In the object explorer, expand “ | SQL Server Agent | Jobs”
3. Find the job for cleanup named “cdc._cleanup”.
4. Right-click the job and select "disable"

Here is a sample picture of where to find the option:

After you disabled the cleanup job, the CDC data will no longer get removed after a certain time interval.