Re: Max number of Database files exceeded -- MIDRANGE-L


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From: Chuck Lewis <clewis@iquest.net>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: Max number of Database files exceeded


>What we always did was for each application have a PF library and a LF
library.
>They followed the naming convention xxPROGP for LF's and xxDATAP for PF's
so for
>example OEPROGP for Order Entry Logical files and OEDATAP for Order Entry
Physical
>files. That way the xxDATAP's would always be restored before the
xxPROGP's. For a
>logical spanning multiple physicals there are a number of ways to handle
that - in
>this scenario a ZZPROGP library maybe...
>
>Also are you SURE it is actual FILES and NOT those DREADED MEMBERS ??
>
>At my last job we used Silvon's SalesTracker and it was NOTHING for several
of
>their files to have 10's of thousands of members because it was saving the
viewing
>criteria user used on the assumption it would use that again and not have
to
>rebuild it. From what we saw, even with HUNDREDS of people using this
product - no
>one ever picked one already defined <BG>...
>
>We also are using a faxing product here that if we don't purge the master
file
>every so often, our backups bomb. This was my first introduction to that
maximum
>problem...
>
>Chuck
>
>"Al Barsa, Jr." wrote:
>
>> At 09:42 AM 01/11/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>>
>> It's not just that simple.  Every reference to that library needs to be
>> addressed.  This includes execution of commands such as CHGLIBL,
ADDLIBLE,
>> RMVLIBLE, and every reference to the library in every job description on
>> the system.  It addition the *LIBL system values need to be checked.
>>
>> Furthermore, you don't want to split up PF/LF relationships.  Keep in
mind
>> that one LF can span multiple PFs through multi-record format LFs and
joins.
>>
>> This is not a trivial job.
>>
>> Al
>>
>> >Why not just create a second library for files, add it to the
>> >library list the same way you do this library, and move half
>> >the files there?
>> >
>> >Or are you hard coding library names?
>> >
>> >Regards,
>> >
>> >Jim Langston
>> >
>> >"Chuck M.Drye" wrote:
>> >
>> > > New guy on the block.   I have a library with 75,000 + files in
>> > it.  This exceeds the threshold of 55,500 maximum number of database
>> > files in a single library restriction.  I cannot move the files or
delete
>> > any as they are all production files.  Does anyone have a method to
save
>> > to tape in one save ?  How about restoring these files ?
>> > >
>> > >         Thanks for your help
>> > >
>> > >                         Chuck D.
>> >
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