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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Brian J. Marshall, Napa, CA (US);
Mark D. Henderson, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Milton I. Bailey, Carrollton, TX (US);
Timothy R. Bruce, Carrollton, TX (US);
Roger J. Rogala, Napa, CA (US);
Wendy A. Webster, Boulder, CO (US);
Donald F. Metzner, Lyons, CO (US);
Peter J. Dres, Soquel, CA (US);
Brian J. Marshall, Napa, CA (US);
Mark D. Henderson, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Milton I. Bailey, Carrollton, TX (US);
Timothy R. Bruce, Carrollton, TX (US);
Roger J. Rogala, Napa, CA (US);
Wendy A. Webster, Boulder, CO (US);
Donald F. Metzner, Lyons, CO (US);
Peter J. Dres, Soquel, CA (US);
Computer Associates Think, Inc., Islandia, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for online reorganization of an existing database that occurs while read and update activity of the existing database continues. The system and method comprise unloading the existing database, reloading the existing database directly to a shadow database, building shadow database indexes, creating a first intermediary image copy of the existing database, analyzing the existing database, capturing updates for the existing database, applying the captured updates to the shadow database, taking the existing database offline, finalizing the shadow database with any remaining updates, creating a final image copy, comparing the existing database and the finalized shadow database, and placing the finalized shadow database online.