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Re: <tech> RE-phrase my question about long term archival of EDI
Jack,
I would talk to Sterling. They could give you some ideas.
I run version 5.2 of the unix product (working on 6.0) with EC
workbench. There are archive files in two places, the edihist
directory and the arch directory. They are structured similiarly
with data files and indexes (.dat/.idx files). If you get a good
backup of those directories it shouldn't be too hard to pull the
data back in. I usually just copy them back to my test system
if I need to grab an old file. If your test system is tight on
space you can just copy the .dat/idx files, then copy only the
data files within the date range you are searching thru...ie a
specific week. TS
--- In EDI-L@y..., "Anderson, Jack (CC-Business Systems)" <Jack.Anderson@c...>
wrote:
> Greetings -
> First, I want to thank Mr. Mattias for responding to my inquiry about
> retrieval of EDI from archive.
>
> But, as i re-read my question and his response, I feel i must re-phrase my
> question, as it did not come out as clear as I had intended.
>
> The background is this:
> We are migrating to Sterling's Gentran/Unix, and are using the on-line
> storage facility provided with the product, keep about two months of data
> available
> using that method.
> We plan to move the data to tape storage after it has been online for 60
> days.
> At this point we do not have a strategy for how to retrieve the EDI once
> it has gone to tape, or for that matter,
> how to store it.
>
> We have been discussions about this issue, but I would like to know:
> How others using Sterling Gentran/Unix have faced this challenge;
> if there is a best-practice concerning long-term storage and retrieval;
>
> If anyone on the list could share their experience in this area, I would be
> glad to take the discussion off-line.
>
> Thanks for any and all advice offered in this area.
> Jack Anderson
> jeljanders@m... <mailto:jeljanders@m...>
>
>
>
> >>Message: 7
>
> Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 11:07:52 -0500
>
> From: "Michael Mattias" <michael.mattias@g...>
>
> Subject: Re: <tech> EDI history archival script
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Anderson, Jack (CC-Business Systems)
>
> To: <EDI-L@y...>
>
> > List - Has anyone on this list used or created a script to retrieve
>
> > EDI data from an archival file ? We archive inbound EDI , and
>
> > translated outbound EDI into a file(s). I am looking for a way to
>
> > retrieve the EDI, and will need a way to send parameters to a
>
> > retrieval-script to return specific documents. The parameters can be
>
> > any combination of ISA06/ISA08/date/time/group-id. The platform is
>
> > Unix.
>
> Using what tool? In what format is the archive file?
>
> Lots of commercial translator products offer 'some' form of
> archive/retrieve; but that's all controlled through those products.
>
> Sounds to me like you have some kind of home-grown archive system, which
> means the retrieve will need to be home-grown, too, tailored to cooperate
> with the archive function.
>
> Of course, it could be as simple as taking the archived file and copying it
> to wherever your system looks for "new stuff to process," then setting your
> map parameters to extract only those interchanges/groups (see below) in
> which you are interested.
>
> > The parameters can be any combination of
>
> > ISA06/ISA08/date/time/group-id.
>
> Given your druthers, it's better to use the GS02/GS03 sender-receiver IDs
> instead of the ISA values. I've detailed "why" here before, so if you are
> interested in that "why" you should be able to find it in the archives
> within the last sixty days or so.
>
> Michael Mattias
>
> Tal Systems, Inc.
>
> Racine WI
>
> >>mmattias@t...
>
>
>
> Jack Anderson
> 402.595.4659
>
>
>
>
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