Novell GROUPWISE 8 - DATABASES Manual page 16

3 From the Action drop-down menu, select Analyze/Fix Databases.
4 Select from the following options:
Structure: When a user experiences a problem that is related to the user, message, or library
databases, you should perform a structure check. The structure check verifies the integrity of
the databases and reports the amount of space that could be recovered. If there is a structural
problem, the databases are rebuilt with free space reclaimed.
Index Check: If you select Structure, you can also select Index Check. You should run an
index check if a user tries to open a message and gets a read error, or when sent items that show
a delivered status in the Properties window do not appear in the recipient's mailbox. An index
check can be time-consuming.
Contents: The user databases (located in the
Messages are contained in the message databases under the
message databases do not contain the message attachments; these are located in the offiles
directory. A contents check analyzes references to other items. For example, in the user
database, Mailbox/Library Maintenance verifies that any referenced messages actually exist in
the message database. In the message database, it verifies that any attachments that are
referenced actually exist in the attachment directories.
Collect Statistics: If you selected Contents, the Collect Statistics option is available to collect
and display statistics about the post office, such as the number of messages and appointments in
the post office and the average number per user. In addition, you can display any user
mailboxes that have more than a specified number of items. This can help determine if some
users are using an excessive amount of disk space. If this is a problem, you might want to
encourage users to delete unneeded items or to use the Archive feature in the GroupWise client
to store messages on their local drives. You can also limit the amount of disk space each user
can have. See
Attachment File Check: Files that are attached to messages are stored under the offiles
subdirectory in the post office. When Mailbox/Library Maintenance performs an attachment
file check, it reads each attachment file, verifying the file structure. If you skip the attachment
file check, Mailbox/Library Maintenance verifies that the attachment file exists but it does not
process the file in any way.
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Section 12.3, "Managing Disk Space Usage in the Post Office," on page
directory) do not contain user messages.
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