Run the Vault Consistency Wizard

Only after performing the steps described in Prepare the Meridian Server and Vault Configuration are you ready to run the Vault Consistency Wizard (VCW).

Important!

Run the VCW after business hours, such as on a weekend.

To run the VCW:

Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder containing the Meridian executable programs.

By default, the folder is located at C:\Program Files\BC-Meridian\Program.
Run AMVltCons.exe.

The Vault Consistency Wizard appears.
Click Next.

The What to Repair page appears.
Click Browse and select the vault to be repaired.
For most vaults, the VCW will run acceptably with the default options.

Enable or disable options using the descriptions in the following table only if necessary or instructed by Accruent Technical Support.
Click Next to proceed.

The final wizard page appears.
Click Finish to begin the operation.

A progress bar shows the processing progress. When the operation is finished, a dialog box will appear that shows a brief summary of what was found. If inconsistencies are shown, you can view the log file for more details.

Vault Consistency Wizard options
Option	Description
Check only	Performs a check of the vault database but does not make any changes to it unless the following option is enabled.
Clean up deleted static collections after successful check	Removes orphaned references from documents to static collections that have been deleted with the LargeSelectionThreshold registry value set as described in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\OML.
Check, Repair and Compact	After the database checks have been performed, any inconsistencies found are repaired, and the database is compacted to reclaim unused disk space.
Optimize database cache memory (large vault)	Enables automatic configuration of memory used by the database cache while the VCW runs to prevent out of memory errors. Enabled by default.
Analysis options	Each option indicates a potential check that the VCW can perform on the vault. Accept the default options unless directed by Accruent technical support. Property indexes — consistency of the search indexes for the internal and custom properties Link targets — presence of objects referred to by other objects Link consistency — consistency of the links between objects Value references — presence of value data for internal and custom properties String domain — consistency of string values Skip termination check — omits checking for proper termination of database pages Numeric domain — consistency of numeric values ID domain — consistency of ID values Object locations — consistency of the vault locations of objects BLOB domain — consistency of binary data Name domain — consistency of name values Note: Enabling either the Link targets or Link consistency options can significantly increase the amount of time required to complete the VCW.

When the VCW runs, it logs its activities to the file Check.txt similar to the following example. By default, the file is located in the vault folder. Additional information can be found in the Windows application event log. Review them for any inconsistencies in the vault status values and keep them in case you have further problems and need to send them to Accruent Technical Support.

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ht5ora.dll
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0 - Before Check&repair
	Number of documents:	13700
	Vault status for Datastore TEST, Section TEST: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0. Docs: 17422, Vers: 23883

1 - Chek&Rep
	Database Check of Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\Installed DataStores\TEST\CompoundItemService at 5/11/2016 7:53:32 PM
	RebuildIndex(ObjectSet): started. Values in ID Domain: 133079; Last Location Index = 16635.
	Repairs committed.
	End Database Check of Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\Installed DataStores\TEST\CompoundItemService at 5/11/2016 7:56:04 PM
	----------------------------------------------- 
	Import started at  5/11/2016 7:56:08 PM  
	Import ended at  5/11/2016 8:18:03 PM ; Success. 

2 - After Check&Repair
	Number of documents:	13700
	Vault status for Datastore TEST, Section TEST: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0. Docs: 17422, Vers: 23883

3 - Check Only
	Database Check of Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\Installed DataStores\TEST\CompoundItemService at 5/12/2016 11:18:59 AM
	RebuildIndex(ObjectSet): started for 81393 objects in 10175 locations.
	No errors found.
	End Database Check of Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\Installed DataStores\TEST\CompoundItemService at 5/12/2016 11:21:25 AM

4 - After Check Only
	Number of documents:	13700
	Vault status for Datastore TEST, Section TEST: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0. Docs: 17422, Vers: 23883

Note:

It is normal for the quantities of items to be different between when the index is rebuilt before and after repairs are made. This is the expected result of purging useless data and compressing the vault database.
Ideally, the six numbers that are reported for the vault status should be 0 after running the VCW check/repair/compact operation. The numbers of documents and versions should be identical before and after running the VCW (17422 documents and 23883 versions in the preceding example). That indicates that the vault is in excellent condition.

Single digit numbers greater than zero that appear in the Windows application event log before running the VCW are not cause for alarm. Run the VCW and they should change to 0. If any of the numbers are not 0 after running a VCW check/repair/compact operation or any of the numbers of the vault status consistently increases from one backup to another, contact Accruent Technical Support.

For more information about the status numbers, see the AutoManager OML source in Review the Application Event Log.

Important!

Remember to reverse the server and vault preparation changes described in Prepare the Meridian Server and Vault Configuration after the VCW has completed.