Patent ID: 7103619

Claim:
A method for purging already-utilized audit files in a primary and secondary database to enhance the utility of primary and secondary audit disks means comprising the steps of: (a) completing, at said secondary database, of the use of a Tracker program to update said secondary database to make it consistent with said primary database wherein step (a) includes the steps of: (a1) finding, by said Tracker program, that said secondary audit disk means is not supported by a COPYAUDIT program; (a2) notifying such finding of step (a1) to an associated remote database support library; (a3) commanding, via said remote database support library, that said primary audit disk means be purged of its audit files; (b) utilizing a COPYAUDIT program to offload audit files in said secondary audit disk means onto a secondary external storage means after said update in step (a) wherein step (b) includes the steps of: (b1) finding that no COPYAUDIT program is available for said secondary audit disk means; (b2) initiating, by said Tracker program, via a support library means, of a purging operation at said primary audit disk means; (c) initiating, a COPYAUDIT program at said primary database means to delay the audit file removal at said primary audit disk means before enabling the offload of audit files on said primary audit disk means onto a primary external storage means said delay enabling step (b) to be completed first in time sequence.