20.9 Viewing Details of VLDB Services on a Replica Site

The Details page for a replica site reports information about your running VLDB services and allows you to modify the following settings:

To access the details for a replica site:

  1. In iManager, select Distributed File Services>Manage Replica Sites.

  2. Select any server with an NSS volume that is located in the DFS management context that you want to manage.

    This action locates the DFS management context, lists the replica servers in that context that host its VLDB services, and reports the current status of the VLDB services on them.

  3. Do one of the following to view details for a replica site:

    • Click the Name link of the replica site.

    • Select the check box next to the replica site that you want to manage, then click Actions>Details.

  4. View details, make changes if desired, then click OK to accept changes and close the report.

    The Details report includes the following information:

    Parameter

    Description

    Replica Site

    The distinguished name of the selected VLDB services replica site.

    Date

    The current date and time (Month dd, yyyy hh:mm:ss AM/PM ZZZ).

    Management Context

    The management context of the selected VLDB services replica site.

    Replica Sites

    The common names of the servers that are replica sites for the management context.

    State

    Current operational state of the service (running, stopped, or broken).

    • A running service responds to all user requests but does not do certain repair operations.

    • A stopped service rejects normal volume operations but can perform low-level repair operations.

    • A broken service rejects normal volume operations and must be repaired.

    Version

    Build version of the running software. If this server is configured as a VLDB server, and the VLDB is currently running, these fields display the software version and current state of the service.

    This information is necessary if you need to contact Novell Technical Services.

    Build Date

    Date that the running software was built.

    This information is necessary if you need to contact Technical Services.

    Service Load Time

    Time and date that the running service was loaded into memory on your server.

    Run VLDB Service on Server Restart

    (Modifiable)

    Select this option to start VLDB services automatically when the server is restarted.

    Deselect this option if you want to start VLDB services manually.

    VLDB Repair Information

    Information about the currently running repair operation (if any) and the most recently completed repair operation.

    VLDB Requests

    Number of operations that the service has processed since it was most recently started.

    Database Entries

    Number of volume entries that have been created, deleted, or modified since the service was most recently started.

    Back End Database

    (Modifiable)

    The location on the replica server where the VLDB database file is stored. The default location is the sys:\etc directory.

    Typically, the location never changes. However, you can optionally modify the VLDB database location to a different NSS volume on the same replica server. The destination volume can be in the same or different pool.

    If you modify the location, the database file is automatically moved to the new location. No VLDB repair is necessary.

    Threads

    (Modifiable)

    Displays the number of processing threads configured for the service (Requested) and the number actually running (Running). These numbers can vary because of lack of memory on the server, or because the number of running threads is in the process of changing to meet the requested number.

    Range: 1 (default) to 16