Thanks Ray!
)))
Giovanni Boccia
Sales Engineer
Direzione Industria e Servizi
Datamat - Enabling Your Future
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Wurlod"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 10:33 PM
Subject: RE: Clean-Up
> CleanUp Project from the Administrator client performs two tasks, one
> is
to
> re-build the indexes on the Repository, the other is to seek out and
delete
> any "orphan" files remaining after the jobs that use them no longer
> exist. These correspond to options 2 (rebuild Repository indices) and
> 4 (check integrity of job files) on the DS.TOOLS menu on the server.
>
> You should not need to clean up the project unless you suspect there
> is something wrong, for example not all objects are showing properly
> in
Manager
> client, even though they ought to be. Or if you receive messages when
> deleting a job indicating that some files could not be deleted
> (perhaps
the
> jobs log was open because it was held open by a Director client when
> the job was deleted in Manager client).
>
> The Repository is a database; all objects are indexed on Category
> (which drives the tree structure in Manager). Some things are also
> indexed on other characteristics for faster searching; for example the
> table that contains table definitions (DS_METADATA) is also indexed on
> access type (server/mainframe), access category (the combination of
> category and
access
> type) and platform type.
>
> That said, it does no harm to cleanup the project occasionally
> (perhaps
once
> or twice per year), even though the process corrects nothing. You do,
> however, have to have exclusive access to the project.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Giovanni Boccia [mailto:
boccia@datamat.it]
> Sent: Thursday, 08 November 2001 01:10
> To:
datastage-users@oliver.com
> Subject: Clean-Up
>
>
>
> Hi there
)
>
> I would like to submit you a question. I would like to know the pro
> and
cons
> (if there are) abou using the CleanUp option on Administrators Panel.
> Can you pls provide me some information about this "istruction"
more
> detailed than the ones on dsadmgde.pdf or on Help on-Line ?
>
> Can you pls tell me also if the usage of CleanUp Button on
> Administrator Panel is the same as the usage of "Rebuild Repository
> indices" option on DS.TOOLS? If not, could somebody provide me some
> information also on "Rebuild Repository indices" of DS.TOOLS.
>
> In any case could somebody give me exhaustive explaination on both
> statements???
>
> Thanks a Lot
>
>
))
>
>
> Giovanni Boccia
> Sales Engineer
> Direzione Industria e Servizi
> Datamat - Enabling Your Future
>
>
>