You can configure ARCserveIT so that it will groom the database periodically. The more jobs you run, the bigger the database will get and the more disk space it will take up. The Summary Database on page 10-6 shows you how much space the database is taking up.
There are two methods for grooming the database: you can prune the files or you can purge the files. The default is for ARCserveIT not to groom the database until you enable pruning or purging.
Pruning preserves all job and session records, but removes all details about files that were included in the backup sessions. Purging completely deletes all traces of a database record, including session and file information, with the exception of GFS Rotation jobs.
If you have old job records in the database, but you think you may someday need to restore data from those old jobs, you should enable pruning, not purging. Even though all file details will be pruned from the database, you will still be able to restore entire sessions.
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| If you need to restore files from a job that has been purged, you can use ARCserveIT's Merge Manager utility to merge the media information back into the database. Refer to `Merging media into the ARCserveIT database' for more information about the Merge Manager utility. |
