Create an archive database using the Sybase Control Center Administration Console.
Prerequisites
Consider these database attributes:
- Size :
- sp_estspace helps you estimate table and index space requirements based on the definition of a specific table. See the Adaptive Server Reference Manual .
- Space for planned views, stored procedures, defaults, rules, and triggers
- Size of the transaction log
- Space for anticipated expansion
- Database device location, and whether there is enough space on that device.
- Transaction log location – Sybase recommends that you store the transaction log on a different device than the data.
Task
Sybase Control Center provides a wizard to create an archive database.
- In the left pane of the Administration Console, expand .
- Click Archive Databases.
- Click the drop-down arrow and select New.
You see the Add Archive Database wizard.
- On the Introduction screen, select the server in which to create a database.
- On the Database screen, enter the name of the database you want to create.
To enter the name of an archive database, you must first select a scratch database. You can mark a database as a scratch database by selecting the Scratch Database option from the database property sheet.
For information on scratch databases, see the System Administration Guide: Volume 2.
- (Optional) On the Devices screen, enter the size of the new database. If you do not enter a size, the default size allocated is 3MB. You can specify separately the amount of space to allocate to the log and data segments.
- (Optional) Click Summary to view your selected options.