VLDB Maintenance

[ktripp]

I've tried using the dos utils for managing the ArcServe VLDB without success. How does everyone manage their VLDB database?

 

[Webcentral]

I am able to use them with the exception of dbdefrag, it runs but then reports that DBSTAT worked. Which is not what I was wanting. Any ideas on how to get DBDEFRAG working correctly would be greatly appreciated.

(This is for Arcserve 2000, build 1053)

 

[thomas3]

I have never seen a DBDEFRAG utility for ArcServe VLDB, from version 6.6(?) up to 2000. Somehow they mixed up the filenames:

DBDEFRAG.EXE is the DBSTAT utility
DBSTAT.EXE is the DBIMP utility
There is no DBDEFRAG utility!!!!!!!

To make things even more difficult, the help message of the DB* utilities return the text you typed at the command line as their tool name...

E:\>DBdefrag.EXE /?

usage: DBdefrag.EXE [-?] [-v] [-b #] [-k #] [-nb] [-nk] [-nd]
...

 

[jimpames]

http://support.ca.com/techbases/as2000/as2k-1001.html

Read it carefully, AND make sure that you have many gigs of free space on the drive hosting the Arcserve DB before using this utility.

You can see which drive Arcserve uses by opening a CMD window and issuing a NET SHARE

ARCSERVE$ will point to the drive Arcserve is using... Jim P. Ames

http://www.jimpames.com

jimpames@hotmail.com