Traditional database maintenance cycle1
The traditional database maintenance cycle has been the same since IMS was introduced.
Figure 1 shows the general processes in this cycle.
Figure 1. Traditional database maintenance cycle
You can refine this cycle by employing tools and techniques to improve the reliability, usability, and performance of the these processes and their related tasks, while reducing resource usage. However, when the related tasks are performed with traditional tools and techniques, they are unavoidably time-consuming, difficult, and burdensome. As explained in Advisor-database-maintenance-cycle, Advisor automates the traditional database maintenance cycle to reduce the time, effort, and skill that are required for performance of related tasks.
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