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Removing Entities in History Status

VLS members in the source library can be orphaned when the number of history versions for an entity occurrence exceeds the value of the Datadictionary parameter ENTY-HIST-VERS, which is installed with a default value of 3 for all entities. When a particular entity occurrence exceeds this value, the oldest history version is deleted from the dictionary. However, because this is a dictionary function, and the dictionary is not tied to the VLS library that CA Ideal uses, the VLS source member is not deleted. Eventually this can fill the source library with members that no longer exist in the dictionary. Delete these orphaned members to free up space in the VLS library.

To delete orphaned VLS source members

1. Run the IDUTILTY utility to determine which members do not have a corresponding dictionary entry. This utility generates a report of all VLS members that do not have a corresponding dictionary entry. See Library Integrity Utility in this chapter for more information.
2. Use the CA Ideal DELETE command to delete those source members, on-line or in batch, after you determine which members do not have a corresponding dictionary entry. The DELETE command deletes the entity from VLS even when no corresponding entry is found in the dictionary.

You can also use the VLSUTIL DELETE command to delete the VLS source members.