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Purge an Individual Database

You can purge individual databases from your IDOL content database. Typically, you purge a database when its constituent documents are no longer required for content searches. For example, you may want to purge a database when its documents are over 12 months old.

Database Names

When you purge a database, you specify its name. Database names take this format:

CA_DLP_YYMMDD

Where YYMMDD specifies the date when the database was created. For example, a database created on 18 July 2011 is named:

CA_DLP_110718

To Purge a Database

Important! Be especially careful that you purge the correct database. If you accidentally delete the wrong database, its documents can no longer be found in a content search!

1. (Optional) In a browser, type this command to back up the entire content database before purging an individual database:

   http://<IDOL_server>:<index_port>/DREBACKUP?<target_folder>
   

   Where:

   <IDOL_server>

   Identifies the server hosting your IDOL content database.

   <index_port>

   Specifies the index port for the content database. The default port number is 9001.

   Note: The index port is defined in content.cfg. Find this file on the server hosting the content database. The file is in the \Content\IDOL folder below the CA DLP installation folder.

   <target_folder>

   Specifies the folder where you want to save the backup.

   For example, run this command on the content database host server to back up the content database to the local \MyBackup folder:

   http://localhost:9001/DREBACKUP?C:\MyBackup 
   
   

   Note: For details about restoring a backup, see the next section.

2. In a browser, type this command to purge the database:

   http://<IDOL server>:<index_port>/DREREMOVEDATABASE?DREDbName=<database name> 
   

   Where <IDOL_server>, <index_port>, and <target_folder> are as described above.

   For example, run this command on the content database host server to remove the CA_DLP_110718 database and all the documents associated with it:

   http://localhost:9001/DREREMOVEDATABASE?DREDbName=CA_DLP_110718