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Alliance 8300
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Archiving Alliance 8300 history
The Alliance8300Archive database is created automatically by Alliance 8300 based on the
archive period (daily, weekly, or monthly) defined in the Parameters Form (see Archive
database on page 67 and Figure 31 on page 151). The default archive period is daily.
Alliance 8300 services must be running on the Alliance 8300 server for a scheduled
archiving operation to occur. If the services are not running, Alliance 8300 attempts to
perform the archiving operation the next time Alliance 8300 is started and a transaction is
received.
Archiving appends the daily, weekly, or monthly data from the history database to the
archive database, and removes this data from the history database.
Note:
When the archive process runs, new data is appended to the current file. You must monitor the
size of the Alliance8300ArchiveDAT database file to ensure that it remains below 2 GB in size and
to ensure that the Alliance 8300 databases do not completely fill your hard drive. Depending on
the use of archiving and diagnostic monitoring, you may need to reserve 20 GB of space free for
use by Alliance 8300 (archiving can create very large temporary files).
The factors in determining whether the archive database is too large can be:
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The database must remain less than 2GB in size.
The amount of available hard disk space on the Alliance 8300 server computer.
The performance you receive when running history reports.
The length of time you need to keep data.
Other factors specifically related to your installation.
When you determine the archive database is too large, do the following:
1. Backup the data that you need to retain. See Backing up Alliance 8300 and 8700
databases on page 154.
2. Assuming that Alliance 8300/8700 Database Maintenance utility displayed a
message verifying that the backup was successful, delete the data from the
Alliance8300Archive database. See Deleting Alliance 8300 archive history on
page 151.
CAUTION:
If you do not back up the Alliance 8300 Archive database, you will lose all the date
stored in it. After you do the backup, validate the quality of the backup file, then label
and store the media in a safe place.