VLDB Utilities

[bizzyb]

We are running ARCserve 2000 sp4 on PowerEdge 6400 servers running Win2000. While pruning is done daily, I inherited these systems and don't believe the VLDB utilities have ever been run. Now one server is having backup problems and I would like to run the maintenance utilities. Per document# 1407 from esupport.ca.com, I have tried to run the following from a command prompt in the arcserve directory:

dbcheck -a -L my_server_name;admin_account;admin_password astpsdat

I get a -2005 error. I have tried the ARCserve account and pswd which also have admin rights, but still get the error. I have tried this on more than one server to no avail, so I suspect that my syntax is incorrect or that I am using the incorrect information.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Foland

 

[frdba]

Check out this document, I found it pretty useful:

http://support.ca.com/techbases/as2000/as2k-1521.html

There is a section labeled "VLDB utility troubleshooting". It lists the error you received along with a solution. There are solutions for other errors you may encounter also.

Hope this helps!

 

[NickFerrar]

The confusing thing is where it says 'admin' and 'secret' on the command line that is what you use, you don't substitute it with your own admin credentials.

 

[bizzyb]

Frdba, thanks for the heads up - document 1521 is the correct one for my needs.

NickFerrar, I had been substituting arcserve, admin and secret with my own information. I tried it again this morning using the exact syntax listed in the document and the utility is running as I type this. Thanks for the help!