Checkpoints - MultiLoad

Teradata® MultiLoad Reference - 20.00

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Lake
VMware
Product
MultiLoad
Release Number
20.00
Published
October 2023
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en-US
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2024-03-18
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Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities

To support Teradata MultiLoad restart operations, the INMOD routine must support checkpoint operations, as described in Teradata MultiLoad/INMOD Routine Interface.

If an INMOD routine that does not support the checkpoint function is used, a job may encounter problems when Teradata MultiLoad takes a checkpoint.

By default, Teradata MultiLoad takes a checkpoint every 15 minutes. To bypass the Teradata MultiLoad checkpoint function specify a CHECKPOINT rate of zero in the BEGIN MLOAD command; that way, the job completes without taking a checkpoint.

When the CHECKPOINT rate is greater than 60, the specified number refers to the number of records, not the number of minutes. Though this would nullify the Teradata MultiLoad restart/reload capability, it would allow use of an INMOD routine that does not support the checkpoint function.