https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/help/m-p/3772659#M75601 Thanks Alot!<BR /><BR /> Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:59:07 GMT vmsserbo 2006-04-17T12:59:07Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/help/m-p/3772657#M75599 How do I do a file analysis of PRTYLOOK and see if it has any fragmentation problems.<BR /><BR />This is on a VAX system, runing OpenVms V7.3<BR /><BR />Thanks!<BR /> Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:24:44 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/help/m-p/3772657#M75599 vmsserbo 2006-04-17T12:24:44Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/help/m-p/3772658#M75600 To locate EXTERNAL fragmentation (that is: the number of fragments on disk) you can use:<BR />$ DUMP/HEADER/OUTPUT=<SOME filename=""> <FILE_TO_EXAMINE>.<BR />Output is not a requirement, but it helps you to oversee the outcome: the more retrieval pointrs you see, the worse it gets.<BR />Not just the number of retrieval pointers is an issue, also the size of each of them <BR /><BR />If the file is an indexed one, INTERNAL fragmentation can become a big ussie.<BR />$ ANALYZE/RMS/OUTPUT=<SOME filename=""> <FILE_TO_EXAMINE><BR /><BR />Look for the RMS toolset of Hein van den Heuvel (On one of the freeware CD's) it contains a program to investigate this type of problems.<BR /></FILE_TO_EXAMINE></SOME></FILE_TO_EXAMINE></SOME> Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:57:54 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/help/m-p/3772658#M75600 Willem Grooters 2006-04-17T12:57:54Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/help/m-p/3772659#M75601 Thanks Alot!<BR /><BR /> Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:59:07 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/help/m-p/3772659#M75601 vmsserbo 2006-04-17T12:59:07Z