Hello Dwight,
The Dump and Load effectively defragments the database and rebuilds the
indices. If your DB has a high scatter factor it will reduce the size of
the d(x) file(s), truncate the BI and improve the system's performance.
Regards,
Michael
Michael Barry
Aspacia Systems Inc
866.566.9600
312.803.0730 fax
<http://www.aspacia.com/> http://www.aspacia.com/
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
D Jones
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 8:55 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Dump & Load in 6.1
I'm not familiar with this feature. Could someone
please educate me on what this running this function
accomplishes?
Thanks.
Dwight Jones
IRP, Inc.
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The Dump and Load effectively defragments the database and rebuilds the
indices. If your DB has a high scatter factor it will reduce the size of
the d(x) file(s), truncate the BI and improve the system's performance.
Regards,
Michael
Michael Barry
Aspacia Systems Inc
866.566.9600
312.803.0730 fax
<http://www.aspacia.com/> http://www.aspacia.com/
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
D Jones
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 8:55 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Dump & Load in 6.1
I'm not familiar with this feature. Could someone
please educate me on what this running this function
accomplishes?
Thanks.
Dwight Jones
IRP, Inc.
--- Ari Footlik <ari@... <mailto:ari%40zweig-cnc.com> > wrote:
> Follow-Up:----------------------------------------------------------
>
> In the "Data Admin" tool, the options for "Dump" and
> "Load" are
> greyed-out - is this right, or am I missing
> something?
>
> My understanding after some reading from the
> Progress KB is that I dump
> the database defs and data, then load them into a
> new database. Then,
> my guess is, I either tell Vantage to look at the
> new DB, or I rename
> the old DB, rename the new DB, and start the
> services again.
>
> So I think it's those greyed-out selections that are
> my stumbling point
> right now.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ari FootlikBehalf
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:46 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Vantage] Dump & Load in 6.1
>
>
>
> My understanding is that a best practice would be to
> perform this
> operation once per year, but it has never been done
> here. We're going
> to be upgrading to v8.xx soon, and I think it'd be a
> good idea to D&L
> before we begin the upgrade/conversion.
>
> Could someone please describe for me the procedure
> for performing this
> operation, including the tools to use and the steps
> necessary to
> successfully execute the whole thing? I have an idea
> of where to look
> and what tools to use, but something isn't clicking
> as to how to get all
> the pieces lined up.
>
> Thanks.
> --Ari
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