Compressing Diagnosis and Database Files 

Use

To be able to comprehensively diagnose a database problem, Support require a significant number of database instance files.

Using this command, you can collect all of the required files in a compressed archive file.

Default values of the Database Manager CLI for the archive file:

File Name

diagpack.tgz

Directory

Run directory of the database instance

<file_id>

DIAGTGZ

You can define the file name and path yourself using the parameter file=<archive>.

You can specify which classes of files should be included in the package using the parameter <class=class_spec>. If you specify multiple classes, separate them using commas.

If you specify the class hist, you must additionally specify the time stamp of the diagnosis backup for the parameter <time_stamp>.

When opening the file, note that it is stored in binary format (Opening a Database File).

Prerequisites

You have the DBM operator authorization DBFileRead.

Syntax

diag_pack [file=<archive>] [class=<class_spec> | <class_spec>,...] [date=<time_stamp>]

<archive>

Name and path of the archive file to be created

<class_spec>

Class of files that is to be included in the package

The default value of the Database Manager CLI is the class protocol

Separate multiple class specifications by commas.

<time_stamp>

Additional parameter when specifying the class hist,

Time stamp of the diagnosis backup

Determine this by requesting the diagnosis history

Options for <class_spec>

Class

Description

protocol

General log files

backup

Log files from backups and restores

config

Configuration files

lvc

Additional log files for a database of instance liveCache

For more information about the contents of database files, see: Database Files