Using the recovery database

  1. Shut down all inbound threads in all processes for the site.
  2. Specify hcidbdump -r. This returns the contents of the recovery database.
  3. Write this script to a file (UNIX):
    #!/usr/bin/tcsh
    while (1)
    hcidbdump -r |wc -l
    sleep 10
    clear
    end
  4. Prepare the script for running with chmod +x filename.
    When the script returns 8, there are no messages in the recovery database. Eight (8) is the number of lines included in the header and an empty report.
    You must setroot and setsite to the correct site before running the script. On Windows platforms, there is only one database per root. On UNIX platforms, there is one database per site.