Archive support
- Last UpdatedApr 24, 2025
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The archiveSupport program accepts requests on the Archive host to perform archive and dearchive operations.
It is called by rts_archive.csc, the Dearchive Control dialog box, and rts_cleanup.csc, respectively. Specific arguments which related to each operation are passed along to the archive.exe and dearchive.exe as appropriate.
General arguments
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Argument |
Description |
|---|---|
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-h |
Returns general usage information. |
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-f |
Archive function to perform Archive or Dearchive. |
Archive arguments
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Argument |
Description |
|---|---|
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-c |
Catalog archives to the null device (NULL). |
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-i <interval> |
Number of minutes between archives of batches of collect data. Defaults to 0 (0 is not used). |
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-s <Service> |
The name of the service, which hosts the archive database (default is Archive). |
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-e <directory> |
The name of the directory for temporary archive files (defaults to user profile temp directory). |
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-m <size> |
The maximum amount of disk device space (in megabytes) to keep for operating system administration. Currently, archive will keep 10% to a maximum of 25 megabytes. This is only used in disk devices. |
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-B "<BCP arguments>" |
These are optional arguments to pass to the bulk copy (BCP). |
Dearchive arguments
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Argument |
Description |
|---|---|
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-S |
Specifies the service to dearchive to (that is, Historical). |
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-D |
Specifies the database to dearchive to. |
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-T |
Specifies the table to dearchive to. |
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-a |
Specifies the start date to dearchive from; it is usually in the form of MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM. |
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-b |
Specifies the end date to dearchive from; it is usually in the form of MM/DD/YY HH:MM. |
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-v |
Displays informational messages while executing. |