Choose the Verify... menu item to instruct CMS to perform a series of consistency checks on your CMS library. CMS verifies libraries to confirm that the library structure and library files are in a valid form. By default, CMS verifies all the elements in each library in the library search list. To specify that CMS verify only the first occurrence of each element in the search list, use the Occlude option. When you choose Verify..., a dialog box appears, enabling you to specify options for the library to be verified.
1 – Vl db
The Verify dialog box allows you to enter information about the library you want to verify. You must supply information about whether to verify some or all of the elements in the library. You can also specify occlusion options, a remark to be stored in the library history, whether or not to confirm the deletion of any reference copies, and the options to use during the verify operation. To specify multiple elements to be verified, use wild- cards and/or a list of element names separated with commas. If you do not supply an element specification, CMS verifies every element in the library.
1.1 – Vl sf
If you click on an object or objects before choosing the Verify... menu item, the Selected field contains those objects. CMS performs the verify transaction on the selected objects.
1.2 – Vl enf
Fill in the Element field with the name of one or more element expressions to be verified. If you do not supply an element name, CMS verifies every element in the library. The element expression can also be a wildcard expression or a group name. You cannot specify an element expression if you also specify the Recover option in this dialog box.
1.3 – Vl rf
Fill in the Remark field with text that is associated with the transaction. The remark is permanently logged in the library history file.
1.4 – Vl dbc
Click on the Confirm reference copy deletions button to direct CMS to prompt you for confirmation prior to deleting any invalid reference copies during the verify/repair operation.
1.5 – Vl wor
Click on the Warn On Repair Button to direct CMS to display a pop-up message for each successful repair operation.
1.6 – Vl rfa
Click on the Repair File Attributes Only Button to direct CMS to only repair problems with the file attributes of element Data Files and reference copies. Other potential problems with these files are not repaired. Note that the library database file is always repaired, even when this option is selected
1.7 – Vl a
The Verify action options allow you to indicate the type of verification CMS should use to verify the contents of the library.
1.7.1 – Vl ai
Click on the Inspect button to verify your library without performing any recovery or repair operations. If any data in the library is invalid, CMS displays an error message indicating that there is an error found during the verification of the library. Choose the Recover or Repair buttons to correct the errors discovered by the verify transaction.
1.7.2 – Vl ar
Click on the Recover button to recover the library if a previously performed transaction was incomplete and the rollback mechanism did not automatically cancel the transaction.
1.7.3 – Vl arr
Click on the Repair button to repair a file or files in the library. Files should be repaired if one of the following conditions occur: o Files were not closed by CMS o The checksum of elements in the library is invalid o File generations have an invalid maximum record size o A reference copy is invalid, missing, or duplicated o A data block was not found