Useful administration utilities

The following utilities are useful when performing maintenance activities. Use this utility To do this am_install_tree Install the Access Manager tree into the database. backup_modes Set the Teamcenter TCFS process in different modes. Blobby volume mode is used for Teamcenter hot backup. backup_xmlinfo Generate File Management System (FMS) ID tags for transient volumes in Teamcenter. Also create XML files for volume FMS IDs in the folder from where it is run. clearlocks Clear dead processes from the database. The -verbose option is recommended. Use the -assert_all_dead argument with extreme caution. dataset_cleanup Remove unreferenced dataset objects from the database. Run this utility periodically to clean up orphaned database objects. index_verifier Verify indexes on database tables. Custom indexes added to the database using the install utility can also be tracked using this tool. install -lock_db Locks the Teamcenter database until you unlock it using -unlock_db. While the database is locked, new logins are not allowed. Existing logins are not affected. Use this before a maintenance window in which you do not want users to log in. Commonly followed by clearlocks. make_user Create Person, User, Group, and Role objects in the Teamcenter Organization application. purge_datasets Remove old versions of datasets from the database. Run this utility periodically on the Teamcenter database. purge_invalid_subscriptions Remove invalid subscriptions on objects from the Teamcenter database. Run this utility periodically to clean up invalid subscription objects from the Teamcenter database. purge_volumes Remove unreferenced files from the operating system. These files are not attached to any valid dataset in the Teamcenter database. Run this utility periodically to clean up files on the operating system to increase disk space. report_volume List the operating system paths of all existing Teamcenter volumes. The path does not include the network node name. reset_user_home_folder Repair corruption that may occur when deleting a user from the database. The corruption redirects the user's home folder, mailbox folder, and new stuff folder to the folder of the individual performing the deletion. review_volumes Display detailed information about Teamcenter volumes and optionally remove unreferenced operating system files from these volumes. verify_tasks Find all corrupted CM tasks, jobs, and other associated internal task model objects to delete them from the database. If a corrupted object (such as a job) is referenced in a folder, the reference is removed and the job is deleted.