Managing the Data Protector Internal Database
Maintaining the IDB
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Table 9-3 IDB Maintenance Tasks
Situation Which Task Can
You Perform?
Reference
The IDB is
running out of
space
• Extend the size
of the IDB
•Purge the IDB
filenames
• Reduce the
growth of the
IDB
• Reduce the
current size of
the IDB
• “Extending the
Database Size” on
page 408
• “Purging Obsolete
Filenames” on
page 408
• “Reducing the IDB
Growth” on page 405
• “Reducing the IDB
Size” on page 406
Obsolete
filenames in the
IDB
•Purge IDB
filenames
• “Purging Obsolete
Filenames” on
page 408
The dynamics of
a client system
are high or
critical
• Reduce the
growth of the
IDB
• Extend the size
of the IDB
• “Reducing the IDB
Growth” on page 405
• “Extending the
Database Size” on
page 408
You want to
check the size of
the IDB
• Check the size of
the IDB
•“Checking the
Database Size” on
page 410
The IDB does not
work properly
(might be
corrupted)
• Check the
consistency of
the IDB
•“Checking the
Consistency of the
Database” on page 411
You want to
move the IDB to
a different Cell
Manager
• Move the IDB to
a different Cell
Manager on the
same platform
• “Moving the Database
to a Different Cell
Manager” on page 412