HP Data Protector IDB purge using OMNIDBUTIL - PURGE Part 2

hp data protector idb purge

General Syntax :

omnidbutil -purge {-filenames [host_1 [host_n...]] [-force] | -sessions

[NumberOfDays] | -days [NumberOfDays] | -messages [NumberOf-Days] | -dcbf | -mpos | -daily}

omnidbutil -purge_failed_copies

omnidbutil -purge_stop

Related Error Messages:

[12:10907] Invalid format of detail catalog binary file.

61:4039] Following error occurred while storing detail catalog

information for device "XXXX_D01"

with loaded medium "abcdef:abcdef:adbcdef:abcedef: KKKLT04"

to Data Protector Internal Database:

There is no more space available in any of the Detail Catalog directories.

From this point on, all objects on this medium

will have logging switched to "No Log".

Command Usage :

omnidbutil -purge -filenames aa.bb.com -force

Other Usefull Commands:

omnirpt -report db_size : Helps in knowing IDB Size

TIP : Services need to up and make sure that no session is running @ PURGING.

We can work around the IDB syncranation that depends how your IDB effected.

if it is filenames we can purge expired filenames by omnidubtil -purge -filenames -force.

if you want purge a specified server filenames please see the command usage example.

HP Data protector IDB purge using OMNIDBUTIL - PURGE Part 1

From today onwards i want to write some of use full commands in detail:

omnidbutil -purge used to sync the database where purge removes all data records from IDB which are no more valid.

example restore sessions failed backup sessions and expired session info which consist a large amount data across filenames, dcbf . in order to refresh the IDB data we can use omnidbutil -purge.

some of the examples and error messages i am gathering i will post in my next post

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