Project Information tab

The Project Information tab displays the basics of a Petra Project on the Petra Database Server, including the database and public folder pathways, as well as the original creator and migration date

DB Path

Database root folder path.

Project Public Path

Public path for the project.  The "Edit button modifies the Project Public Path.

Created By

Project creator

Creation Date

Projects creation date

Migration Date

Projects migration date

Delete Selected Project

This option deletes the project data stored on the DB server.  This option also can erase the entire project folder

DB Maintenance tab

The Maintenance tab performs basic project maintenance tasks, including updating, cloning, backing up project databases and project database table repairs.

Update

Upgrades project databases to the latest version. Auto backup can be skipped if desired.

Verify

Checks entire database to confirm projects table structure is correct. If problem exists use the Table Maintenance tool

Table Maintenance

The Table Maintenance button opens the Project Maintenance window, which controls some of the more common database procedures, including table verification, repair, and optimization.  This tool handles table index problems that usually show up as Access Violation errors.

• Verify Selected verifies that the checked tables structure is correct by finding any mismatches between the table index and the actual numbers of tables.  The Verify Selected option removes check mark on project tables without problems and leaves any tables with problems checked.
• Repair Selected fixes database table relationships.  Before attempting any database repair, make sure to first close the project
• Optimize Selected eliminates empty spaces by copying all valid data to a temporary file, sorting the data, and then replacing the original file with the temporary file.  Indexes aren't normally rebuilt whenever data is added or deleted from the DAT file, so they can get slower with time.  The Optimize Selected tool rebuilds the index file using the current dataset and can make querying data more efficient.

Clone Project Database

Creates a copy of selected project. Clone can be stored on different server or same server with different name.

· Destination Server selects destination of the copied project.  In Private Mode,  will always read PrivateMode.”

· New Project Name enter new name for cloned version of  project.  

Create New

Creates a new backup of the selected project database.  Backup includes the project database and database-server-stored individual user settings.  This backup will not include external files (like grids and *.MAP/*.CSP settings files).  

Note: that these backups are automatically stored on the Petra database server

Restore

Overwrites the existing active project with the backup version.  This will overwrite all public and private Petra project data modified since the backup.  This includes all “public” data like well data, zones, tops, and logs, as well as “private” data like map settings, cross-section settings, and preferences.  Restoring from backup will not affect external files (like grids and *.MAP/*.CSP settings files).

Delete

Deletes the selected backup.

Full project backup tab

The Full Project Backup creates a copy of the entire public folder and zips it up into a single *.PBF file.

Backup File

This option creates the name and location of the project backup file.  Select the button and navigate to the desired *.PBF file.

Ignore OVERLAY Folder

Excludes the projects OVERLAY folder from the backup file.

Ignore IMAGES Folder

Excludes the projects IMAGES folder from the backup file.

Overwrite if Backup Exists

By default, the Petra Server Admin Tool will not overwrite an existing backup with the same name in the same location. This option forces the backup to overwrite the existing backup.

Kills the selected session.  When a Petra module crashes or closes unexpectedly, it can leave an open session with the database that prevents the user from reconnecting to the project.  Though a session will timeout on its own after a period of inactivity (120 seconds by default), the button terminates the selected open session so the user can reconnect immediately.

Dropdown List

Selects type of logs to include in project migration; either database updates or all.