SQL Server Error Msg The clustered index ‘%.*ls’ is being used for automatic cleanup of aged data, and can be converted to either a clustered columnstore or B-tree index starting with the column that matches end of SYSTEM_TIME period, on the history table. Consider setting HISTORY_RETENTION_PERIOD to INFINITE on the corresponding system-versioned temporal table if you need to rebuild this index with a modified column specification, not supported with temporal history retention. – 16

In this blog post, let’s learn about the error message “The clustered index ‘%.*ls’ is being used for automatic cleanup of aged data, and can be converted to either a clustered columnstore or B-tree index starting with the column that matches end of SYSTEM_TIME period, on the history table. Consider setting HISTORY_RETENTION_PERIOD to INFINITE on the corresponding system-versioned temporal table if you need to rebuild this index with a modified column specification, not supported with temporal history retention. – 16” in Microsoft SQL Server, the reason why it appears and the solution to fix it.

SQL Server Error Message

The clustered index ‘%.*ls’ is being used for automatic cleanup of aged data, and can be converted to either a clustered columnstore or B-tree index starting with the column that matches end of SYSTEM_TIME period, on the history table. Consider setting HISTORY_RETENTION_PERIOD to INFINITE on the corresponding system-versioned temporal table if you need to rebuild this index with a modified column specification, not supported with temporal history retention. – 16

Reason for the Error

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Solution

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