Appendix B; Further Information About The Idb Daily Maintenance - HP Data Protector IDB Purge Manual

Appendix B

Further information about the IDB Daily Maintenance:

The daily maintenance runs the following commands:
omnidbutil -purge -sessions <days>
omnidbutil -purge -messages <days>
omnidbutil -purge -dcbf
omnidbutil -purge -mpos
The omnidbutil -purge -mpos purge is available by default on DP 6.1, but for DP 5.5 and 6.0
it requires one of the following patches or their successor.
Data Protector 5.5
Data Protector 6.0
The value for the number of days used by the daily maintenance omnidbutil -purge -
sessions <days> command is determined by the setting of KeepObsoleteSessions in the global
file.
Windows default location of global file: C:\Program Files\OmniBack\Config\Server\Options
HP-UX location of global file: /etc/opt/omni/server/options
The value for the number of days used by the daily maintenance omnidbutil -purge -
messages <days> command is determined by the setting value of KeepMessages in the global file.
The default value for KeepMessages is "0."
Note:
"0" is a valid value for use in the global file; however, it is invalid at the
command line for example, omnidbutil -purge -messages 0 in not
valid at the command line.
Windows
DPWIN_00396
DPWIN_00385
HP-UX PA Risc
PHSS_38726
PHSS_38404
HP-UX IA 64
PHSS_38727
PHSS_38405
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