HP Integrity NonStop H-Series - Manual (Page 242)

Managing Index Partitions 17-24
Monitor Enscribe Partitions
Use the Node, Volume, Subvolume and Enscribe from panes to choose
Enscribe files.
1. In the list of enscribe file anmes shown in the Enscribe field, double-
click on the filename that contains the partition.
2. Double-click on the file you want to monitor.
3. To see th status of monitored object refer section 6.2
CHAPTER 17. MANAGING INDEX
PARTITIONS
A partition is a portion of the index residing on a volume different from the
volume on which the index was initially created. When creating partitions
of an index, you specify the number of partitions and the volume, catalog,
and primary-key values for each partition.
Using dba/m Database Manager index partition management windows, you
can
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Design partitions
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View partitions
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Add partitions
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Alter partitions
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Drop partitions
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Perform a simple move on a partition
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Perform a one-way split on a partition
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Perform a two-way split on a partition
Designing Index Partitions
Partition design computes the primary key values for a given distribution of
rows across partitions.
To design an index partition, click on Index Partitions in the Main window,
then click on Design. The Partition Selection window will be displayed, as
shown in Figure 16-1.