User's Manual

System Maintenance: Intelligent Library Controller System Maintenance 13-7
Compact the Transaction Database
Warning The Purge and Compact functions can cause unpredictable behavior or cause the system to go
offline if used inappropriately. Only qualified system administrators should use these functions.
Perform these functions only during non-circulation hours.
To physically remove the deleted records and reduce the size of the transaction database,
you must compact it.
Purging and compacting the transaction database functions should be performed as a unit.
After purging the transaction database, always compact the transaction database.
Before performing this task, you should have performed the following tasks:
1 Synchronize offline transactions, if offline processing is enabled at your site
(“Synchronize Offline Transactions” on page 13-3)
2 Backup the transaction database (“Backup Transaction Database” on page 13-4)
3 Purge the transaction database (“Purge the Transaction Database” on page 13-5)
To compact the transaction database:
1 In the Intelligent Library System Control window, select Maintenance > Transaction
Coordinator > Compact.
Figure 13.5 Compact Navigation
2
Enter the ILS user name and password in the ILS Login window. The default user
name is ils, and the default password is maint. Click OK.
3 When the compact function is finished, a message box displays.
Figure 13.6 End Compact message box
4
Go to the next step, “Reboot the Application Server”, which follows this section.