If you have OpenEdge Management, you can use it to monitor the extents of a database. OpenEdge Management automatically calculates the percentage used in each storage area, and displays the information in both table and graph views.

Follow these steps to monitor extents using OpenEdge Management:

Step

Action

1

Launch OpenEdge Management. The Authentication page opens.

2

Enter the username and password of the admin user and then click Login.

The OpenEdge Management page opens.

3

Click Resources > Go to Resources and then click the name of the database for which you want to monitor extents. The Database page appears.

4

In the Operational Views of the running database, click Storage Areas.

The Storage Areas page appears, displaying the different categories of areas such as system, application data, BI, and AI.

5

In the Application data areas section, look at the Used column.

If the Used value of a storage area is greater than 80%, then you should add more extents to the area.