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Search results: Optim Archive

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Enable shell command to recall the archive file stored in Centera storage

In a scenario where the customer gets an audit request to retrieve the older data stored in the archive file and copied over to Centera storage, for a given date range, the customer currently has to use the "Recall complete file" option through Op...
11 months ago in Optim / Optim Archive 2 Submitted

Metadata XML of Archive file has No differenciation between varchar and varchar(max)

Please refer TS017199755 Archive viewer used these XML files to map the datatypes of the column and the way optim processes the Varchar and Varchar(Max) is different and way we convert this to parquet will also be different. Now we are relying on ...
about 1 year ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Submitted

Optim to make use of REST API / S3 protocol instead CIFS protocol

The problem statement is below: OPTIM is unable the read any archive file from HCP device (cifs protocol used) and this has become more frequent for the past two weeks. The archive file written locally can be retrieved without any IO Error. The Op...
over 3 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 1 Future consideration

Optim audit tables retaining too much data

In the table Optim_Audit_Records, I see 1-2 records per archive/extract/insert. This appears to have started in Nov 2017 about when installed optim 11.3. Yet we have Optim Auditing turned off. So it appears that maybe Optim 11.3 started putting re...
over 6 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Not under consideration

Browse archived DDL

Extend browse archive file utility to browse archived DDL (tables, indexes, views, stored procedures).
almost 7 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Not under consideration

Provision summary report on data archival processing

An enhancement or a new menu is needed in Optim to generate and show a report on archival and deletion processing summary so far OR based on some filters. Below is the business case. Requirement : Customers have been using the Optim based archi...
almost 7 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 1 Not under consideration

Extend backup device support to the S3 API

Extend backup device support to the S3 API so storage profiles can be used to send files to object storage devices.
almost 7 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Not under consideration

Allow Archive to convert to CSV without license for Test Data

We have to provide files extracts for areas in the business. We would like to have the ability to give a CSV file extract of the data. Currently, you have to have a different license to run Optim Convert. We would like to be able to run Optim Conv...
about 7 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Not under consideration

Support Google Cloud Storage

Support Google Cloud Storage on archive requests to store archive files.
almost 7 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Not under consideration

Support Dell/EMC ECS as a primary archive file path

Support Dell/EMC ECS as a primary archive file path so archive files can be created directly on object storage devices.
almost 7 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Not under consideration