eventbucket command-line utility

Use the eventbucket command-line utility to display or change the event database bucket configuration.

Buckets are used by the rapid purge utility to purge old event data from the event database. By running this command, you can determine the current bucket configuration, or you can swap the active and inactive buckets.

Prerequisites

If WebSphere® security is enabled, your user ID must be mapped to the eventAdministrator role to view or change the event database bucket configuration.

Syntax

eventbucket
[-status]
[-change]

Parameters

-status: Displays information about the current bucket configuration, including the active bucket setting and the bucket check interval (the frequency with which the data store plug-in checks to determine which bucket is active).
-change: Swaps the buckets so the active bucket becomes inactive and the inactive bucket becomes active. The inactive bucket must be empty before you can use this option.

Examples

This example displays the current bucket configuration:

eventbucket -status

This example swaps the active and inactive buckets:

eventbucket -change