The journal *entries* are purged after a successful journal-based backup (so that space can be reused), but the journal database file size itself is not reduced.
If the journal is reset, such as if you stop the journal service (and PreserveDbOnExit is not set to 1) or if there is a jouranl notification buffer overflow, then the journal database will be zeroed out. For what it's worth, the journal databases are not really analogous to the dsmerror.log and dsmerror.log files. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development Level 3 Team Lead Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 09/05/2007 10:13:25 AM: > Avy Wong wrote: > > Hi, > > The problem is the jbbdb files in one of the server has grown (see > > size below). I looked at other servers that uses journaling has only 1KB > > or low in size. Can some of the older data inside the jbbdb be deleted. Can > > the size growth be contained? > > > > tsmD__.jdb.jbbdb 2273KB > > tsmC__.jdb.jbbdb 161760KB > > journals are purged after a successfull incremental backup. So 'dsmc i' > should do it. On very active filesystems, one would expect a larger journal. > > > > > > > > > Avy Wong > > Business Continuity Administrator > > Mohegan Sun > > 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd > > Uncasville, CT 06382 > > (860)862-8164 > > (cell) (860)961-6976 > > > > ----- Forwarded by Avy Wong/MTGA/LNN on 09/05/2007 09:34 AM ----- > > > > Avy Wong/MTGA/LNN > > > > 09/05/2007 09:15 To > > AM [email protected] > > cc > > > > Subject > > Journal retention > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > I understand that there is 'errorlogretention' and > > 'schedlogretention' that you can set in the dsm.opt file so that to make it > > easier to manage on the dsmerror.log and the dsmsched,log. But is there a > > way to manage the jbbdb files? If yes, how do you go about doing that? If > > not why so? Thank you in advance. > > > > tsmD__.jdb.jbbdb > > tsmC__.jdb.jbbdb > > > > Avy Wong > > Business Continuity Administrator > > Mohegan Sun > > 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd > > Uncasville, CT 06382 > > (860)862-8164 > > (cell) (860)961-6976 > > > ************************************************************************************************** > > The information contained in this message may be privileged and > confidential and > > protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not > the intended recipient, or > > an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to > the intended recipient, > > you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or > copy of this > > communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > communication in error, > > please notify us immediately by replying to the message and > deleting it from your > > computer. > > > ************************************************************************************************** > > > -- > Met vriendelijke groeten, > > Remco Post > > SARA - Reken- en Netwerkdiensten http://www.sara.nl > High Performance Computing Tel. +31 20 592 3000 Fax. +31 20 668 3167 > PGP Key fingerprint = 6367 DFE9 5CBC 0737 7D16 B3F6 048A 02BF DC93 94EC > > "I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the > computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course - the > computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to > end." -- Douglas Adams
