Follett VERSION 6.00, User Manual

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The Utilities main window appears:
Menu bar
From the menu bar, you can access each of the utilities, as well as the help topics.
File Contains the command to close Utilities.
Maintenance Diagnostic and index rebuilding utilities. For instructions on
running these utilities, see About the Maintenance utilities" on page 593.
Advanced Utilities designed to repair database problems. For instructions
on running these utilities, see About the Advanced utilities" on page 598.
Help Contains the commands used to access the help topics, glossary, and
product information for Utilities. It also contains the Registered Products
dialog, which lists the other Follett Software products that are installed on
the library computer system (see page 603).
About the Maintenance utilities
From the Utilities Maintenance menu, you can run the Check Database Integrity
utility, the Rebuild Keyword utility, the Rebuild MARC Headings utility, or the
Rebuild File Indexes utility.
Important:
Utilities requires exclusive access to the library database. For more
information, see Starting Utilities" on page 592.
The Maintenance utilities provide you with tools for diagnosing library database
problems and rebuilding selected headings and index files.
Important:
Depending upon the size of your database and the amount of
computer memory available, it may take several hours to run one of
the Maintenance utilities. You may wish to run them overnight.
However, if you do run a Maintenance utility overnight, make sure to
disable any automatic backup applications. This will help prevent
conflicts between the backup application and the utility.