Hi *SMers,

i've come across some behaviour of the EXPIRE IVENTORY command which i don't 
understand.

We have a daily job that executes EXPIRE EIVENTORY. Results are shown in the 
Activity Log and read as follows:

09/02/06 07:49:48     ANR0812I Inventory file expiration process 301
completed:
examined 9604 objects, deleting 1929 backup objects, 0
archive objects, 0 DB backup volumes, and 0 recoveryplan files. 0 errors were 
encountered.

09/04/06 05:15:35     ANR0812I Inventory file expiration process 313
completed: 
examined 40052 objects, deleting 1162 backup
objects, 0 archive objects, 0 DB backup volumes, and 0 recovery
plan files. 0 errors were encountered.

Two things really upset me:
- The numbers of objects examined are significant different, but i am sure the 
database grows very slowly
- A rough estimate for the total number of objects gives a value somewhere 
between 200,000 and 300,000 objects.

Can someone shade a light on this?

Thanks in advance

regards Guenther

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