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.
Windows HP-UX PA Risc HP-UX IA 64
Data Protector 5.5 DPWIN_00396 PHSS_38726 PHSS_38727
Data Protector 6.0 DPWIN_00385 PHSS_38404 PHSS_38405
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.
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