Space Requirements - HPE XP7 User Manual

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Space requirements

• Before taking a backup of the database, make a note of the Current Database Size under the Purge
tab.
• While restoring the database, ensure that the total available space on the disk where the database is
already installed is more than the backed up database. If the database is installed on C:\HPE\HPSS
\padb, the total available free disk space on C: must be greater than the size of the database that be
restored.
• Before restoring the database, increase the Configured Maximum Database Size of the target
database by a value equal to the sum of the current target database size + size of the
database that is to be restored. If the current database size is 5 GB and the size of the
database to be restored is 12.452 GB, change the Configured Maximum Database Size under the
DB Configuration/Purge tab to a size greater than 5 GB + 12.452 GB, which is 17.452 GB. So,
increase the database size to 18 GB. It is to avoid the automatic purging of data from the target
156 Space requirements
Select this option to migrate the configuration and performance data that
belongs to an array. Provide the 5 digit serial number of the array in the
adjacent box. The data available for the specified array is backed up into
the following .dump files:
• pa<XP_disk_array>_exp.dump for XP disk arrays and
pa<XP7_disk_array>xp7_exp.dump for XP7 disk arrays
• old_xpslperf_exp.dump up to xpslperf_exp.dump
Where, <XP or XP7_Disk_Array> refers to the array for which the data is
exported.
Select this option to migrate the configuration and performance data from
the PA database for a duration that you want. Enter the duration (format
– DD-MM-YYYY) in the Start Date and End Date boxes. The data
available for all the arrays during the specified duration is backed up into
the following .dump files:
• pa<XP_disk_array>_exp1.dump for XP disk arrays.
pa<XP_disk_array>_exp2.dump for XP disk arrays.
pa<XP7_disk_array>xp7_exp1.dump for XP7 disk arrays.
pa<XP7_disk_array>xp7_exp2.dump for XP7 disk arrays.
• old_xpslperf_exp.dump up to xpslperf_exp.dump
Select this option to migrate the configuration and performance data from
the PA database into the following .dump files:
• pa<XP_disk_array>_exp.dump for XP disk arrays and
pa<XP7_disk_array>xp7_exp.dump for XP7 disk arrays.
• old_xpslperf_exp.dump up to xpslperf_exp.dump