Compress Screen [ Using the Node Management Services (NMS) Utilities ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation
Using the Node Management Services (NMS) Utilities
Compress Screen
The Compress screen shown in figure 4-6 allows you to compress or expand
the configuration file. To perform these functions, you must be the
creator of the file. (You can also use the COMPRESSCONF maintenance mode
command to perform these functions. See chapter 5 for more information
on maintenance mode commands.)
You reach this screen by pressing the [Go To Compress] key at the Utility
screen.
Figure 4-6. Compress Screen
Description
As your configuration grows, you may find it necessary to compress or
expand your configuration file.
Configuration files initially contain 2,048 32-byte records. As you
configure items in a file, records are used sequentially from the
beginning of the file. As the file size increases, the number of free
records at the end of the file decreases.
If you delete items from a configuration file, the records are not
immediately recovered, so the middle of your file may contain some unused
records. Unused records in the middle of the file are not reflected in
the number of free records count and are not available for reuse. By
compressing the file, you cause all data to be stored in a contiguous
block of records and all unused records to be located at the end of the
file. Thus, compressing a file enables you to determine the actual
number of free records in a file before adding or deleting records.
To compress a file, enter a 0 in the Number of Additional Records field
and press [Compress File].
You can also use this function to add records to the file or to delete
unused records from the file. To do so, enter a number in the Number of
Additional Records field. A positive number causes records to be added
(up to the file size limit of 65,535 records). A negative number causes
that number of free records to be deleted from the file. After you have
entered the number of records to be added or deleted, press the Compress
File key.
When you press Compress File, NMMGR begins compressing the file
immediately. The terminal is locked to indicate that NMMGR is not
available until finished. When the compression is completed, NMMGR
prints the following message in the message field:
Configuration file compressed.
NOTE Compress time depends on the number of entries in the file. For a
file that contains a small amount of data, compression usually
takes fewer than 30 seconds. However, compressing a file that
contains a lot of data can take several minutes.
Fields
Current File Size (Display only.) Size of the file, in 32-byte
records.
Number of Free Records (Display only.) Number of free records at the
end of the configuration file.
Number of Additional Enter the number of records that you want to
Records add to the file (positive integer) or the
number of unused records that you want to
delete from the file (negative integer). To
simply compress the file, enter 0 (zero). If
you are adding records, the file cannot end up
containing more than 65,535 records.
Default: 0
Range: -32768 to 32767
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