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Chapter 5 Manage the Database with the dncsDbData Utility
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21 Generate the Doctor Report and examine the output file for system conditions
that may present a problem.
Note: Refer to Chapter 4, Analyze System Configuration with the Doctor Report
(on page 31), for instructions on generating the Doctor Report and examining the
output file.
Note: Refer to Chapter 4, Analyze System Configuration with the Doctor Report
(on page 31), for instructions on generating the Doctor Report and examining the
output file.
22 Examine the cron files on both the DNCS and Application Server and determine
whether any cron jobs should have executed during the period when the cron
jobs were stopped.
Note: You may have to manually execute these cron jobs.
jobs were stopped.
Note: You may have to manually execute these cron jobs.
Loading the Database from the Hard Drive
Follow these instructions to load your DNCS or Application Server database from
the hard drive of the DNCS.
1 Suspend any third-party applications.
2 If necessary, follow the procedures in Appendix A, Stopping System
the hard drive of the DNCS.
1 Suspend any third-party applications.
2 If necessary, follow the procedures in Appendix A, Stopping System
Components (on page 203), to shut down Spectrum, the Application Server, and
the DNCS.
Important! All processes on the DNCS and the Application Server must be
stopped when you unload or load the database.
the DNCS.
Important! All processes on the DNCS and the Application Server must be
stopped when you unload or load the database.
3 If necessary, open an xterm window on the DNCS.
Important! Skip steps 4, 5, and 6 if you have already logged in to the xterm
window as root user and have executed the dncsSetup command.
window as root user and have executed the dncsSetup command.
4 Type su - and then press Enter to log in as root user. The password prompt
appears.
5 Type the root password and then press Enter.
6 Type . /dvs/dncs/bin/dncsSetup and then press Enter. This command
6 Type . /dvs/dncs/bin/dncsSetup and then press Enter. This command
establishes the DNCS environment as a root user.
Important! Type the period followed by a space before typing /dvs.
Note: The system may also return a message that ends with -o bad options or -o:
bad options. Ignore this message; it is normal.
Important! Type the period followed by a space before typing /dvs.
Note: The system may also return a message that ends with -o bad options or -o:
bad options. Ignore this message; it is normal.
7 Have you just unloaded your database?
If yes, you have already stopped the cron jobs; go to step 9.
If no, type /etc/rc2.d/S75cron stop and then press Enter. The system stops
the DNCS cron jobs.
the DNCS cron jobs.
8 Follow these instructions to stop cron jobs on the Application Server.
a Type rsh appservatm and then press Enter.
b Type /etc/rc2.d/S75cron stop and then press Enter.
c Type exit and then press Enter.
b Type /etc/rc2.d/S75cron stop and then press Enter.
c Type exit and then press Enter.