Notes.ini Entry
Name:
Database_Capture_Directory
Syntax
Database_Capture_Directory=
Path
Applies to:
Servers
Add-on:
First Release:
8.5.2
Obsolete since:
Category:
Crash
Default:
None
UI equivalent:
None
Description:
DATABASE_CAPTURE_DIRECTORY is the directory that will contain the collected databases. It is specified relative to the "data" directory. If not set, the default value is "IBM_TECHNICAL_SUPPORT\ACDC" which will place the corrupted database files into the "data\IBM_TECHNICAL_SUPPORT\ACDC" directory.
Collected databases have the same name as the source database file with a ".cor" extension.
The automatic facility will collect any database detected to have corruption within the configuration parameters currently active.
Corrupted Database Collection Tool
The dbcapture tool is provided as a standalone tool to collect a specific database manually at the discretion of the administrator or user. The tool respects the number and size limits when collecting a database. The tool ignores the DATABASE_CAPTURE_ENABLED configuration variable.
To collect a database manually, enter the following command at the server console:
load dbcapture abc\red.nsf
where "red.nsf" is the name of the database file to be captured in the "abc" directory relative to the data directory. The dbcapture tool can also be run from an Operating System command prompt by entering the following command:
dbcapture abc\red.nsf
Databases will not be collected, automatically or with the dbcapture tool, in the following cases:
The DATABASE_CAPTURE_LIMIT has been reached
Collecting the database would exceed the total size for collected databases as set in DATABASE_CAPTURE_SIZE_LIMIT
The database has already been collected
The database is being processed by the compact or fixup tasks.