Siemens V4.0 manual Scavenging the Database, State before scavenging State after scavenging

Implementing WINS Managing the WINS Server Database

10.7.3 Scavenging the Database

The local WINS database should be cleared periodically of released entries and old entries that were registered at another WINS server and replicated to the local WINS server, but for some reason did not get removed from the local WINS database.

This process, called scavenging, is done automatically over intervals defined by the relationship between the Renewal and Extinct intervals defined in the WINS Server Configuration dialog box. You can also clean the database manually.

To manually scavenge the WINS database, choose the Initiate Scavenging command from the Mappings menu. The following table describes the results of scavenging a WINS database.

State before scavenging	State after scavenging
Owned active names for which the Renewal interval has	Marked released
expired
Owned released name for which the Extinct interval has	Marked extinct
expired
Owned extinct names for which the Extinct timeout has	Deleted
expired
Replicas of extinct names for which the Extinct interval	Deleted
has expired
Replicas of active names for which the Verify interval has	Revalidated
expired
Replicas of extinct or deleted names	Deleted

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