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The IDB on the UNIX Cell Manager

IDB location

The IDB on the UNIX Cell Manager is located in the /var/opt/omni/server/db40
directory.

IDB format

The IDB on the HP-UX and Solaris Cell Manager stores all text information in ASCII
single- and multi-byte formats.

The ASCII format limits the support of filenames and messages localized to other
languages. When backing up files with filenames in a double-byte format, such as
UNICODE, the filenames are converted to the ASCII format and may not appear
correctly in the Data Protector user interface. However, the files and filenames will
be restored correctly.

For more information, see

Internationalization

” on page 340.

The IDB in the Manager-of-Managers environment

In the Manager-of-Managers (MoM) environment, you can use the Centralized Media
Management Database (CMMDB), which allows you to share devices and media
across several cells. For more information on the MoM functionality, see

Enterprise

environments

” on page 45.

IDB architecture

The IDB consists of the following parts:

MMDB (Media Management Database)

CDB (Catalog Database), divided into two parts: filenames and other CDB records

DCBF (Detail Catalog Binary Files)

SMBF (Session Messages Binary Files)

SIBF (Serverless Integrations Binary Files for the NDMP integration)

Each of the IDB parts stores certain specific Data Protector information (records),
influences IDB size and growth in different ways, and is located in a separate directory
on the Cell Manager. See

Figure 56

on page 190.

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