Reprocess an archive

Using the Archives tool you can reprocess archives while they are online. Reprocessing archives repairs corrupt archives, and for archives that are not corrupt, reprocessing can potentially recover disk space or improve the speed of certain transactions.

Note: You have the option to automatically delete archive files, after they have been successfully reprocessed. To set this behavior as the default, inOperation > Archives click the Options icon in the toolbar and select the check box Automatically delete input archive after reprocessing. Even when this check box is selected, you can still choose to reprocess without deleting the original archive file.

1. In PI SMT, choose Operation > Archives. If you have any corrupt archive files, PI SMT prompts you to reprocess them.

2. Select the archives you want to reprocess and click Reprocess Selected.

   You can initiate reprocessing for multiple archives, but they will be processed sequentially. The status of the reprocessing operation, and the list of archives queued for reprocessing, will be shown in the Online reprocessing pane, in the lower half of the window.

   Note: If you do not have any corrupt archives, you can initiate reprocessing by right-clicking any archive and choosing Reprocess archive.

3. Monitor the progress of the reprocessing job in the Online reprocessing pane.

   From this pane, you can view the queue of archives to be reprocessed and cancel active and pending jobs. For example, to stop the current reprocessing job, right click it and choose Cancel.

4. Check the Status column to see when the reprocessing job finishes and to verify that it completes without error.

   For more information about reprocessing archives online, see Archive reprocessing.