I m sorry, I haven t a clue. James Palmer Software Developer / Database Administrator

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1 I m sorry, I haven t a clue James Palmer Software Developer / Database Administrator

2 Agenda Introduction A little background Storage Area out of space Backups After Imaging Monitoring Tips and tricks 2

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4 Unit Testing ABL Applications Übersicht 4

5 Consultingwerk Software Services Ltd. Independent IT consulting organization Focusing on OpenEdge and related technology Located in Cologne, Germany, subsidiaries in UK and Romania Customers in Europe, North America, Australia and South Africa Vendor of developer tools and consulting services Specialized in GUI for.net, Angular, OO, Software Architecture, Application Integration Experts in OpenEdge Application Modernization 5

6 James Palmer Senior Consultant / Database Administrator Working in the OpenEdge world since 2003 Varied experience across a variety of industries and applications as a developer and more recently as a DBA Chairman of the UK & Ireland PUG, and speaker on a variety of topics both at EMEA PUG Challenge events, and smaller conferences in the UK and USA 6

7 Agenda Introduction A little background Storage Area out of space Backups After Imaging Monitoring Tips and tricks 7

8 Startup Parameters Database.lg (333) Proprietary tools 8

9 Proenv Tool to set environment variables Works in Windows and *nix 9

10 Database Structure database.a* After Image Files database.b* Before Image Files database.d* Schema Area database.db database.lg Database Log File database.st Database Structure File database_n.d* Additional Storage Areas 10

11 Database Structure The.st file prostrct list command 11

12 Agenda Introduction A little background Storage Area out of space Backups After Imaging Monitoring Tips and tricks 12

13 3 main scenarios The last extent is of a fixed length and it fills up; The last extent is of a variable length and large files is not enabled; The last extent is of a variable length and you run of physical disk space. 13

14 Fixed vs Variable Extents The performance debate Large Files Proutil sports C describe 14

15 Fixing Fixed Extent Demo 15

16 Variable Extent no Large Files Demo 16

17 Variable Extent Large Files You ll have to talk to your Sys Admin! 17

18 Before Image Should be fairly constant Bad transaction scoping will affect Monitoring is imperative Demo 18

19 After Image Extent Cannot switch to after-image extent xyz Caveat: OpenEdge Replication Demo 19

20 Agenda Introduction A little background Storage Area out of space Backups After Imaging Monitoring Tips and tricks 20

21 Backups A DBA s most important job? Do them online! -Bp 10 Demo 21

22 Agenda Introduction A little background Storage Area out of space Backups After Imaging Monitoring Tips and tricks 22

23 After Imaging What is After Imaging? Disaster Recovery Stupid user recovery! How much data entry can your business lose? Enable it online 23

24 After Image Archiver What is the AI Archiver? Archives full AI Files Clearing aged AI Archive Files Enable it online 24

25 Enable AI Online Demo 25

26 Enable AI Archiver Online Demo Adjust startup parameters -aiarcdir -aiarcinterval 26

27 Agenda Introduction A little background Storage Area out of space Backups After Imaging Monitoring Tips and tricks 27

28 Monitoring A DBA s most important job? Proactive or Reactive Failed backups anyone? ProTop Europe! Basic monitoring Free to use Paid additional services Demo 28

29 Agenda Introduction A little background Storage Area out of space Backups After Imaging Monitoring Tips and tricks 29

30 Tips and tricks Logfile management prolog sports online Bouncing the database to fix stuff 4GL and SQL brokers Getting help 30

31 Questions 31

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