Note: | The Surround SCM administrator, or another user with security permission, is usually responsible for running the analyze utility. |
The analyze utility checks for corrupt or truncated database files. These errors can result from server file system corruption due to such things as power failures. It also validates shared file links. The utility can be run in analyze or repair mode. Analyze mode lets you preview errors. Repair mode automatically fixes the errors and reports the changes.
You should run the analyze utility before upgrading a database or after the server computer is stopped/restarted “uncleanly” (e.g., power failure). The utility should also be run if you suspect there is a database problem. For maintenance, you may want to run the utility once a month even if you are not experiencing any problems.
Before you run the utility, make sure the Surround SCM server is stopped. When the utility is run on a mainline database in use by a server, the cached data files may be changed. If you run the utility, and the mainline database is in use, an error message is returned.
The analyze utility must be run from the server or a computer with direct access to the database directories. The user running the utility must have read/write access to the database directories.