initialize all database 1

[lpstech]

Hello,
BABv9 (Build 2052)
I have a question about the databases :
if we initialize all databases (asjob, asobject, asrhost, astape, astpdrv, astpdat) is it possible then to make a restore of an old backup ??
(After a merge operation by example...)
In fact, I have many instabilities during my backups and I want to clean all but not lose all my backups...
I know that we could initialize the astpsdat database but when I make a dbcheck + dbfix on the asmedia database I have an error "Failed to transfer a portion of the report file" and the database engine stop !
Thanks in advance for your help.
Herve

 

[Cyklops]

Whatever you do with the database, the data on your tapes will never be lost.
Initializing the database will leave you with a clean, but empty database. Merging a tape will fill up the database with index (*cat) files from the tape with detailed file-and-folder information.
So the answer is Yes, you can do it this way,

regards

 

[lpstech]

Thanks Cyklops!
I all initialized, tried a restore and tried a backup and it's work perfect!
Now, it is not very important, but it's just in order to understand :
after the initialize operation, in the arcserve database directory, there is always a lot of files with a size of 0 KB (they existed before). For example, there is 161 astpdat.xxx files but only the third one are not a O KB size ?
astpdat.000 : 32 KB
astpdat.001 : 8 KB
astpdat.002 : 8 KB
and all the others are O KB.
My question is : could I manually remove the O KB files ?
Thanks again for your reply.
Herve