Temporary Files Used During Restructuring

When Essbase restructures both the data blocks and the index, it uses the files described in Table 179:

Table 179. Files Used During Database Restructuring

File

Description

essxxxxx.pag

Essbase data file

essxxxxx.ind

Essbase index file

dbname.esm

Essbase kernel file that contains control information used for database recovery

dbname.tct

Transaction control table

dbname.ind

Free fragment file for data and index free fragments

dbname.otl

Outline file in which is defined all metadata for a database and how data is stored.