Bookshelf v7.5.3: Understanding Snapshot Generation Internal Processes

This section describes the internal processes that are used to generate a snapshot file and where to locate information about these internal processes in the Marketing Server log file. Understanding these internal processes might help you diagnose some problems you encounter during snapshot generation.

Table 78 describes some important elements of snapshot generation and the relationship of these elements to the snapshot file or Marketing Server log file.

Table 78. Selected Snapshot Generation Elements
Snapshot Element	Description
Marketing Server log filename	Names for the Marketing Server log file begin with MktgSrvr_ (MktgSrvr and an underscore) and are followed by the Siebel Task ID. You can find Marketing Server log file in the Siebel log directory.
Snapshot filename	Snapshot filenames begin with a stage ID- (stage ID and a hyphen) and end with .BIN. There could multiple snapshot files for any given stage. All snapshot files are overwritten each time a snapshot is regenerated.
Stage ID	Every stage in the system is assigned an Analysis ID (or stage ID) that is written to the Marketing Server log file. This stage ID is persistent and is used for all snapshots generated for that stage.