Saved message file usage

These are the uses of the saved message file:

  • Outbound messages (OB), for disaster recovery on the remote host. For example, if the host loses delivered messages, the saved message file provides a method to resend the messages to the host.
  • Inbound messages (IB), for message resends. These are inbound messages that must be resent through the engine as though they are being sent for the first time.
  • Inbound and outbound messages (IB and OB), for historical records or statistical analysis. This provides the option of collecting information about specific connections, independent from any statistics kept by the system.

Both the engine and SMAT require access to the saved message files. After cycled, SMAT has access to previously saved data.

SMAT supports resending messages with metadata.

See Resending messages.

See Resending temp files.

See resend command.

See Using resend_errordb and hcidbdump.