Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Getting Started:
Core Business Services

Assigning a database a unique identifier

Each OpenEdge database that is auditing-enabled must have a unique identifier. This unique identifier of the current instance of the database is known as the GUID, or the DB Identifier. The DB Identifier is converted from a uniquely universal (UUID) value, which is a 16-byte optional value.

Assigning each database a unique ID allows you to tell, when you look at the collected audit data, in which instance of a database the auditable event occurred. This is especially important when you have a designated database for long-term storage, and you have moved audit data from two or more databases to that storage location.

For more information, see the Data Administration Help or the Data Dictionary Help.