Cisco Headend System Release 2.5 Installation Guide
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SR 2.5 and SR 3.5 UniPack Pre-Upgrade Procedures
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Run the clearDbSessions Utility
Introduction
It takes only several minutes to run the clearDbSessions utility. Once the utility starts
running, you can continue with the rest of the pre-upgrade procedures covered in
this chapter.
Running the clearDbSessions Utility
Run the clearDbSessions utility to remove orphaned and completed sessions from
the database. Follow these instructions to run the clearDbSessions utility.
Note: The system components can be running while you run the clearDbSessions
Note: The system components can be running while you run the clearDbSessions
utility.
1.
If necessary, open an xterm window on the DNCS.
2.
Type clearDbSessions and then press Enter.
Result: The system removes all completed session, resource, and network
Result: The system removes all completed session, resource, and network
graph records more than 1 hour old from the database.
3.
Type clearDbSessions -c and then press Enter.
Result: The system removes all completed session, resource, and network
Result: The system removes all completed session, resource, and network
graph records from the database.
4.
Type clearDbSessions -o and then press Enter.
Result: The system removes orphaned records from the database.
Result: The system removes orphaned records from the database.
5.
While the clearDbSessions utility is running, go to Examine Key Files, next in
this chapter to continue with the pre-upgrade procedures.