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Standards for Unix, Informix and Elite systems

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Unix

• Unix system backups, daily or weekly. Send backup notification via e-mail.
• Alternate boot capability (like Ignite for HP/UX or Backup Edge rootable/bootable).
• Check Unix filesystem free space. Meet thresholds for available space and percent free.
        check_unix_free_percent1_hp.sh
        check_unix_free_space1_hp.sh
        check_unix_free_space1_sco.sh
• Check for phantom processes (via cron). ( check_phantom1.pl ).
• Mirroring.
• Check for down mirrors (via cron). Send e-mail notification if mirror is down. ( ck_hp_disk_status.sh ).
• Clean up log files at start-up time. Move all files in /tmp & /usr/tmp to recycle bin.
• Check for zero cpu idle time.
• Reboot weekly.
  
  
  Specifically for HP/UX
  
  
  • Create a Ignite backup of /dev/vg00 (weekly) ( make_ignite.sh ).
  • Check if the kernel has reservered too many Unix buffers (dbc_max_pct).

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Informix

• Use striping for performance increase.
  
  
  Start-up
  
  
• Rotate logs (online.log & messages.log).
• Restart continuous logging to tape.
  
  Frequently
  
  
• Check for newly added virtual memory segments ( check_new_segments.sh )
• Check for multiple long checkpoint durations.
• Use the Informix event alarm facility ( alarmprog1.sh ).
• Check for forground writes.
• Use onmode -F to free unused memory ( onmode_f.sh ).
• Check for too many ready threads (Virtual CPU contention).
• Check for long AIO queues (onstat -g ioq)
  
  Monday-Friday (daily)
  
  
• Update Statistics (Low).
• Check for too many extents. check_dbs_extents.sh
• Level 0 backup. Send results via e-mail. Consider using OnBar.
• Oncheck -cr (reserved pages) and oncheck -ce (chunk free list). Run prior to level 0.
• Check free disk space. Set thresholds for amt free and percent free.
      check_dbs_free_percent.sh
      check_dbs_free_space.sh
  
  Weekends (weekly)
  
  
• Update Statistics (High). (Use Rick Baker's multi-threaded Update Statistics Utility)
• Oncheck -cI and -cD.
• Use arcchecker to validate level-0 backups. ( archecker.sh ).

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Elite

• Drop and re-create winout and winoutbug tables at startup time.
• Check that the winoutstat table is in sync with the actual report files.
• Run row_locking.sh to make sure all tables are set to row level locking)
• Run inq_snap.scr to summarize Inquiry reporting figures used by the Inquiry subsystem.
• Run logmaint.scr to rotate Elite-only log files. (eiselbs.log, eisfms.log, eiserms.log, idxpost.log, fmspost.log, errlog)
• Run cleantmp.scr to clean up Elite-only tmp directories (/tmp, /var/tmp, /elite/work/tmp, /elite/home, /elite/custom, $FULCREATE)
• Export matter and timekeeper numbers for validation in cost recovery systems like Equitrac.
• Import time and costs and load into Elite.
  
  As Needed
  
  
• Rebuild Fulcrum tables
• Rebuild FRX Tables

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