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Abhisheknetback's avatar
10 years ago

How to reduce Catalog size on windows master server

Dear Friends, Catalog size is growing in my enviorment , what is best practicse to manage catalog size , currently our catalog size is 420 GB and master server is on windows 2008 R2 Plat form , NB...
  • mph999's avatar
    10 years ago

    You can eiter compress it, or archive it.

    Compression just 'zips' up the .f files in the catalog.

    Archiving backs the .f files up, and then deletes them.  If a restore is required, you have to recover the .f file(s) first - so usually you archive off the 'older' parts of te catalog where restores are not frequently run.

    This is all covered in the Admin Guide (part I), look uner chaper about protecting the NBU catalog.

    (Other option, add more disk .... )