Force an archive shift

During normal operations, you do not need to force an archive shift. However, you can force an archive shift when necessary.

Even if you are scheduling when your archive shifts occur (rather than using the default automatic shifts) you can still force an archive shift.

Note: If the following message is displayed: Warning: This shift will clear data from the target archive. Are you sure you want to force an archive shift on serverName to a new archive?, you can ignore it, if Auto Archive Creation is enabled (Archive_AutoArchiveFileRoot is set to a value). A new archive will be generated and no data will be cleared.

Use this procedure to force a server to shift from one historical archive to another.

1. Select Start > PI System Management Tools > Operation > Archives.

2. Right-click the server's primary archive in the list and select Force Shift.