Anyone know what ASTPSDAT.000 & ASTPSDAT.001 do ?

[coupleojars]

I've noticed that the above files are taking up over 600Mb on my server. Does anyone know what they do and what I can do to reduce their size ?

Any offers gratefully accepted,
Mac

 

[TheLad]

They are usually backups of the database file taken when it does stuff like pruning or fixing. You shoudl be ok to delete them providing your main database is ok. -----------------------------------------------------
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[sacc]

I deleted these files and since cannot retreive files by name ie no database is maintained help.

 

[tapemeister]

I have always been under the impression that these are the actual data from the tapes that you back up to. That with this data in place, a restore is easier to do. That without it, the tape being restored from will need to be merged into the data base.

So to the reply that they deleted these, I think you need to do a merge from that tape.

 

[sfletch]

These files are actually part of the database. They are continuations of the *.db file. Do not delete these. If you did you should restore the DB from before you did this and merge any jobs since then.

 

[TheLad]

I apologise if I gave wrong information, but I was led to believe that they were actually backups of the database taken when the database does a repair or pruning.

Does anyone have any documentation on when and why this occurs? -----------------------------------------------------
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