Overview

Introduction

Adabas Audit Data Retrieval provides batch utilities for numerous tasks, for example:

  • Database maintenance (housekeeping)
  • Downloading/Uploading data from/into the database
  • Archiving and reloading of lists/reports

Following is a list of the available batch utilities with a short description.

Maintenance (Housekeeping)

B97DEONL — Online Spool Cleanup Batch Utility

Deletes lists/reports and their indexes from the Adabas Audit Data Retrieval online spool (because their online expiration date has expired or because the generation record has been marked for deletion)

B97DECCH — Cache Cleanup Batch Utility

Deletes lists/reports from the Adabas Audit Data Retrieval cache spool after their retention period has expired

B97DENTE — Notes Cleanup Batch Utility

Deletes notes from the Adabas Audit Data Retrieval database

B97DELOG — Log Messages Cleanup Batch Utility

Deletes entries from the MSG database

B97DEARC — Archive Cleanup Batch Utility

Deletes records of list/report generations from the Adabas Audit Data Retrieval database after their archive expiration date has expired

Download/Upload

B97DLOAD — Download Batch Utility

Downloads data from the Adabas Audit Data Retrieval database (You can make the program write the data to a dataset, for example, in order to upload the data later.)

B97BUTLT — Upload Batch Utility

Reads data from a sequential dataset and inserts, updates, or deletes appropriate records in the Adabas Audit Data Retrieval database

Archive and Reload

B97ARC — Archive Batch Utility

Archives lists and index data according to what has been specified in the list definitions and in the archive pool definitions

B97AXPDT — Archive Expiration Date Batch Utility

Carries out the necessary updates in the Adabas Audit Data Retrieval database after archive expiration dates have been changed using line command E or B97BUGEN when extending the archive retention period or using B97BUGEN when reducing the archive retention period (Important when extending the archive retention: B97AXPDT only carries out the changes that are required in the Adabas Audit Data Retrieval database; you must ensure that retention periods of the affected datasets and media in your management system (TMS, SMS, HSM) are extended accordingly.)

B97RLD — Reload Batch Utility

Reloads archived lists/reports and indexes from archive media (for example, disk or tape) into the corresponding spool

B97BRLD — Reload Request Batch Utility

Generates requests for reloading lists and their indexes from the archive

B97MRLD — Mass Reload Batch Utility

Reloads all lists that have been archived in the specified archive datasets into the Adabas Audit Data Retrieval online spool

Other

B97DAILY — Daily Job

Includes the archive batch utility and maintenance jobs

B97BSTAT — Generation Select Batch Utility

Outputs information on selected generations of lists/reports

B97BUGEN — Update Generation Record Batch Utility

Enables you to change certain fields in the generation records of selected lists/reports

B97DBVER — Database Verification Batch Utility

Verifies the presence of database updates

B97GLOBL — Global Index Batch Utility

Updates the global indexes