How do I determine if keyword regen is needed?
- Product: Voyager
- Product Version: All
- Relevant for Installation Type: Dedicated-Direct; Direct; Local;
Question
How to determine if a keyword index regen is needed?
Answer
Quick Answer: When the size of the dynamic file is more than half the size of the largest static file, and/or if you can't do OPAC keyword searches to find known records.
Other signs you may need a regen:
- issues with saving or updating bibliographic records
- issues with keyword searching
- display/search issues in clients and WebVoyage
- performance issues and a dynamic.dc file that exceeds 250M (even if it is less than 50% the size of your static dictionary
Use the UTIL menu
Note that the UTIL menu can be used to determine if you need a keyword regen as well as run a keyword regen if one is needed.
How to check size ratio of keyword files in /data directory (where xxxdb is the Voyager Database Instance)
- SSH to voyager server.
cd /m1/voyager/xxxdb/data
ls -lh
- Review the files and note the file sizes. You will see output similar to this:
-rw------- 1 voyager exlibris 42M Jul 8 08:14 bib_text.1.tbt -rw------- 1 voyager exlibris 636K Jul 8 08:14 bib_text.1.tdr -rw------- 1 voyager exlibris 144 Jul 8 08:14 dynamic.bif -rw------- 1 voyager exlibris 19M Jul 8 08:15 dynamic.dc -rw------- 1 voyager exlibris 2 Jul 8 08:14 dynamic.que -rw------- 1 voyager exlibris 264 Apr 30 11:34 xxxdb.1.bif -rw------- 1 voyager exlibris 92M Apr 30 11:34 xxxdb.1.dc -rw------- 1 voyager exlibris 324 Jul 8 08:14 xxxdb.1.kil
- 5. Use the following formula to determine if a keyword regen may be needed:
(size of dynamic.dc - 2048 KB) * 2 > size of largest xxxdb.N.dc
OR, dynamic.dc file is approximately 50% the size of the static dictionary(xxxdb.N.dc) file. - Use same procedure to check mfhd keyword data (/m1/voyager/xxxdb/mfhd.data).
Check size ratio of keyword files using UTIL menu
dlib xxxdb
util
I. Index Maintenance
I. Keyword Info
Note the "Keyword Regen suggested" value in the output:
Voyager Keyword Statistics for xxxdb ======================================== Last Regen Run: Jun 7 14:45 Largest Keyword File Size: 117404 K Dynamic Keyword File Size: 2060 K Keyword Regen suggested: No Required regen diskspace: 1700 MB Last MFHD Regen Run: Jun 7 14:45 Largest MFHD Keyword File Size: 3824 K Dynamic MFHD Keyword File Size: 2216 K MFHD Keyword Regen suggested: No Required regen diskspace: 1700 MB
Additional Information
Support can run a keyword regen for you. Open a ticket to request this.
- Article last edited: 20-May-2020