Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Data Management:
Database Administration

Recovering a Database

This chapter describes the different ways to recover your OpenEdge database and transactions if your system or disks fail. This chapter contains the following sections:

Introduction to recovery mechanisms
File locations that ensure safe recovery
Developing a recovery plan
Sample recovery plans
After-imaging and roll-forward recovery commands
Recovering from system failures
Recovering from media failures
Recovering from a full disk
Truncating the BI file
Releasing shared memory
Recovering from a lost or damaged control area
Unlocking damaged databases
Dumping tables from a damaged database
Forcing access to a damaged database