Conference tincup::tima

    I also get this one
    $1$DKA400:[TIMA.TIMA_TRN_LOG]DIAG-1997-04-21.LOG;1
     
    %STARS-I-IDENT, STARS V2.6-4 - Batch Mode Processing
    
    %STARS-I-INIT, Activating database(s)...
    
    %RMS-F-FNF, file not found
    

    See Note 184.6, Your STARS$CLIENT_MINUTES logical is defined
    incorrectly. I think STARS is ignoring your setting and falling back to
    the default value of 1 minute.
    
    I think the '%RMS-F-FNF, file not found' may be referring to the file
    TIMA$SYSTEM:STARS.DIAG, TPULL requires this file if you are pulling the
    DIAG database. I have copied it from your parent node to your system.
    
    - Jack

    I checked Stars$client_minutes and it looks ok!
    
    Thanks
    Dennis
    
    $ sh log stars$cl*
    
    (LNM$PROCESS_TABLE)
    
    (LNM$JOB_86741E80)
    
    (LNM$GROUP_000100)
    
    (LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE)
    
      "STARS$CLIENT_MINUTES" = "00:15:00.00"
    
    

    It's not OK. STARS (actually the system service $BINTIM) requires that
    the number of days field be specified in a delta time. "00:15:00.00" is
    not a valid delta time input to $BINTIM. You need to define it as 
    "0 00:15:00.00" instead.
    
    - Jack

    thanks,
    Should Stars$server_minutes be defined the same?
    
    Dennis

    Stars$server_minutes isn't used on your end. It controls how long the 
    server process (on USTIMA::) will stay around waiting for more requests
    from your node (the client).
    
    - Jack

    I am still getting mail messages stating that TPULL has failed on
    various databases. The log files for the databases has the error
    messages that I have mentioned prevously. 
    
    I went to TPULL_GET_UPDATES.log and found serveral errors in it
    
    Any help would be greatly appreciated
    Thanks
    Dennis
    
Target Database      : APPL_TOOLS
%STARS-F-VEGA_BADVIN, specified VIN is invalid

Target Database      : HARDWARE
%RMS-F-KEY, invalid record number key or key value

Database Name        : OFFICE_SYSTEMS
%STARS-F-NODBOPEN, There are no currently active databases

Target Database      : OPERATING_SYSTEMS
%STARS-F-VEGA_BADVIN, specified VIN is invalid

Target Database      : WINDOWING_ENVIRONMENTS
%STARS-W-NOFEFDEL, no privilege to perform delete command from formatted entry
file

Database Name        : TOOLS
%STARS-W-NOFEFDEL, no privilege to perform delete command from formatted entry
file




    

    Wow, you have lots of different problems.
    
    >Target Database      : APPL_TOOLS
    >%STARS-F-VEGA_BADVIN, specified VIN is invalid
     
      This indicates that you have a corrupt article in your APPL_TOOLS
      database. The fix is to delete the article that is bad and then purge
      the database. Ex.
    
        %STARS-I-REPLACING, replacing article 26383 from DSK$TIMA:[TIMA_TRN_IN]
             APPL_TOOLS.FEF;1
        %STARS-F-VEGA_BADVIN, specified VIN is invalid
    
        Article 26383 is corrupt an needs to be deleted and purged.
        You should do the following to remove the bad article.
    
           $ strs/delete/article=26383/database=tima$stars:[appl_tools]
           $ strs/purge/article=26383/database=tima$stars:[appl_tools]
                                                                     
    
    >Target Database      : HARDWARE
    >%RMS-F-KEY, invalid record number key or key value
    
      This indicates that you have a corrupt article in your HARDWARE
      database. The fix is to delete the article that is bad and then purge
      the database as above.
    
    
     >Database Name        : OFFICE_SYSTEMS
     >%STARS-F-NODBOPEN, There are no currently active databases

      Don't know what caused this one.
    
     >Target Database      : OPERATING_SYSTEMS
     >%STARS-F-VEGA_BADVIN, specified VIN is invalid

      This indicates that you have a corrupt article in your OPSYS
      database. The fix is to delete the article that is bad and then purge
      the database.
    
    
     >Database Name        : TOOLS
     >%STARS-W-NOFEFDEL, no privilege to perform delete command from formatted
     > entry file


    the reasons that you could get that error include:
            your process doesn't have the necessary stars rights identifiers
                 (STARS_DELETE and STARS_BATCH) or STARS_ALLPRIV
            the database is remote and served         
            the database is in V2.4 format            
            the database list entry disallows delete access
            the database is read only (via the database list entry)
    
    I'd check the database list entry for that database first, (in tima$system:
    tools.databases). It should be:
    /OPERATION=(DELETE, MAINTENANCE, READ, WRITE)
    
     >Target Database      : WINDOWING_ENVIRONMENTS
     >%STARS-W-NOFEFDEL, no privilege to perform delete command from formatted
    
    The WINDOWING_ENVIRONMENTS database is a VIRTUAL database made from the
    OPSYS and APPL_TOOLS physical databases. Updates to virtual databases are
    not supported by STARS. If you look at the '/OPERATION=' line in your
    tima$system:stars.databases file you'll see that it has NODELETE and
    NOWRITE. You should remove the WINDOWING_ENVIRONMENTS database from your
    TPULL list, It will get updated through the OPSYS and APPL_TOOLS
    physical databases when you get those working.
    
    - Jack
    

Well, Its getting better but I'm not there yet.
When I did 

$ strs/purge/article=12342/database=tima$stars:[appl_tools]

the purge is taking forever.. Its been running now for 10 hours
Here's a sample of the out put
%STARS-I-KEYSPURGED, Processed 10717000 keyword records
%STARS-I-KEYSPURGED, Processed 10718000 keyword records
%STARS-I-KEYSPURGED, Processed 10719000 keyword records
%STARS-I-KEYSPURGED, Processed 10720000 keyword records

I had to stop it for now!
Before I did this one I cleaned up HARDWARE with
$ strs/purge /article=15947 /database=tima$stars:[hardware]
It had no problems at all... Ran in a couple of minutes

    Something is definitely wrong, There are only 400K keywords in the
    appl_tools database, not 10 million!
    
    I think your tima$stars:[appl_tools]stars.keywords file must be
    corrupt. What does an analyze/rms of it say?
    
    - Jack