=====DuplicateSyncSchedulesCreated=====
**Level:** __Major__
**Purpose:** Temporary measure until https://errigal.atlassian.net/browse/OPSDEV-284 is fixed. Bug in snmp manager which is creating duplicate alarm severity syncs in network_element_sync_setting table
**Scenario:** Alarm sync has no recent successful alarm severity sync, so the snmp manager creates a new one but doesn't check if there's one there already
**Resolution:** Remove duplicate sync settings
**Manual Action Steps:** Check for duplicates
select network_element_id ,schedule_expression, job_type, count(*)
from snmp_manager.network_element_sync_setting ness
where sync_status != 'DISABLED'
group by network_element_id,schedule_expression, job_type
having count(*) > 1
order by count(*) desc;
Remove duplicates
DELETE ness1 FROM network_element_sync_setting ness1
INNER JOIN network_element_sync_setting ness2
WHERE
ness1.id < ness2.id AND
ness1.network_element_id = ness2.network_element_id
AND ness1.job_type = 'ALARM_SEVERITY_SYNC' AND ness2.job_type = 'ALARM_SEVERITY_SYNC'
and ness1.schedule_expression = '2-00:00' and ness2.schedule_expression = '2-00:00';
**Auto Clear:** When no sync settings have more than 20 duplicates