FILE ACTIVITY LOG PURGE

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• Publication Date: April 13, 1983
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DATA CENTER OPERATIONS BRANCH
NDS OPERATIONS PROCEDURE MANUAL APPLICATIONS SOFTWARE
FILE ACTIVITY LOG PURGE
SYMBOLIC TI FALPURG
13 April 1983
PROGRAMMER : STAT
AWNWMINE41INTUfM USE ONLY
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Date 13 October 1982
This operations manual has been reviewed and approved by the
following persons:
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SUMMARY
OPERATIONAL FLOW CHART
COMPUTER RUN PREPARATION
CONSOLE INPUT
HIGH-SPEED PRINTER OUTPUT
PROGRAM LOADING
ON-LINE COMPUTER PROCESSING
EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS
NORMAL RUN INSTRUCTIONS
ABNORMAL RUN INSTRUCTIONS
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This operations manual provides the information needed by Data Center
Operations personnel to properly execute the FALPURG program.
The FALPURG.program deletes the DATA-TRAN records from the File Activity
Log (FAL) depending on CBL-TYP-COD and ENT-JUL-YR values. FALPURG will save
the DATA-TRAN records for X-number of days based on the following table.
CABLE-TYPE
CBL-TYPE-CODE
RETENTION (DAYS)
1
CPAT
00
1
CABLE
01-08
14
CAMS-CPAT
10
14
CAMS
11-12.
5
NEW CABLE
13-20
14
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37
1
NIIRS
49
10
'11' ESD
50
1
'11' POST-PASS
51
1
'11' ACCIQAS
52
1
None of the Above
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FALPURG should be run on a daily basis to purge the DATA-TRAN records which
exceed the above retention periods. Failure to run FALPURG may result in in-
sufficient data base space for message receipt or cable release processing.
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OPERATOR ST VOP*$RUN.FALPURG/XQT,,,DMS
KEYIN
FALPURG
ABSOLUTE
SUMMARY
FILE
BREAKPOINT FILE
VOP*R-FALPURG
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CONSOLE INPUT
Input to the FALPURG program is the current FAL and the runstream
VOP*P$RUN.FALPURG/XQT.
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r'ALPURG
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HIGH-SPEED PRINTER OUTPUT'
Output from the FALPURG program is the updated FAL (oldest DATA-TRAN
records removed based on retention algorithm) and a breakpoint file con-
taining a list all removed records and a summary count of removed records
by. cable type-code. The breakpoint file (VOP*R-FALPURG) can be printed
whenever required. The breakpoint file will contain data relative to the
most recent execution of FALPURG.
Identification: FALPRG
Format:
Type of Form: 1471 - 1 pt.
Disposition: Save listing for requester.
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Program FALPURG
Date 13 October 1982
PROGRAM LOADING
Type of Program: Batch
Start Keyin: ST VOP*P $RUN. FALPURG/XQT or ST FALPURG
Run ID:
DM'R ID:
ECRT:
General Equation -
Sample Estimate -
FINAL CHECK SUMAARY
The FAL file should be available for updating. If the contents of the
FAL, as it exists before the FALPURG execution, needs to be seen start up
either the FALIST or FALDUMP program.
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ON-LINE COMPUTER PROCESSING
EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS
Computer: UNIVAC 1100/80
Schema Used:
Storage:
Core Required -
I Bank -
D Bank -
Peripheral Devices: Console, High-Speed Printer (optional)
Restrictions:
Files Accessed: File Activity Log (FAL)
Files Created/Deleted:
File Size:
Approximate Number of Accesses:
NEMSTRATOVE-INTERNAL USE ONLY
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NORMAL, RUN INSTRUCTIONS
Program FALPURG
Date 1 October 1982
Initiation: ST VOP*P$RUN.FALPURG/XQT or ST FALPURG; before or after running
FALPURG, the FAL can be listed by executing either ST FALIST or ST FALDUMP.
Monitor: FALPURG should not be run while DTX01 or DTX02 processing is taking
place.
Message Cause
Operator Action
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ABNORMAL RUN INSTRUCTIONS
Messages:
Message Cause
UNSUCCESSFUL DATE CONVERSION
GREGORIAN-DT-SHR = NNNNNN
JULIAN-ST-SHAR = NNNNN
ROLLBACK ERROR
RUN FALPURG AGAIN
DMS ERROR
FETCH ERROR
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Operator Action
Restart the job.
Restart the job.
Restart the job.
Restart the job. If
the program terminates
again call the OCO.
Call the OCO.
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