RDF System Management Manual for H-Series and J-Series RVUs (RDF 1.9)

Duration and Preparation Issues..............................................................................................170
SYNCHDBTIME Issues............................................................................................................170
Enscribe Create Records......................................................................................................170
Stop-RDF-Updater Records................................................................................................170
TMF Shutdown Records.....................................................................................................171
CREATE/LOAD Issues (Step 4, Method 1)...............................................................................171
General Considerations for Enscribe Files..........................................................................171
Special Consideration for Enscribe Files.............................................................................172
General Considerations for NonStop SQL Tables...............................................................172
Enscribe Queue File Issues.......................................................................................................172
Different NonStop SQL Product Versions................................................................................173
Moving Duplicated Tables and Files to the Backup System....................................................173
Example of Synchronizing An Entire Database Online................................................................174
Synchronizing Selected Database Portions Online.............................................................................176
Overview........................................................................................................................................176
Example #1 – Staged Synchronization of an Entire Database..................................................176
Example #2 – Synchronization of an Individual Volume.........................................................176
Example #3 – Synchronization of an Individual File or Partition on a Volume.......................176
Partial Database Synchronization Issues.......................................................................................177
Enscribe Files Without Partitions.............................................................................................177
Key-Sequenced and Relative Files......................................................................................177
Entry-Sequenced Files.........................................................................................................177
Enscribe Files With Partitions...................................................................................................177
Key-Sequenced Files with Create/Load (Step 4, Method 1)...............................................177
Key-Sequenced Files with FRNL (Step 4, Method 2)..........................................................178
Relative Files with Create/Load (Step 4, Method 1)...........................................................178
Relative Files with FRNL (Step 4, Method 2)......................................................................178
Entry-Sequenced Files.........................................................................................................178
NonStop SQL/MP and NonStop SQL/MX Tables Without Partitions.....................................178
Tables with SYSKEY or Clustering Keys.............................................................................178
Tables without SYSKEY and Clustering Keys....................................................................178
NonStop SQL/MP and NonStop SQL/MX Tables With Partitions...........................................179
Requirements for Synchronization of Individual Partitions...............................................179
Key-Sequenced Tables.........................................................................................................180
Relative Tables.....................................................................................................................181
NonStop SQL/MP and NonStop SQL/MX Indexes (With or Without Partitions)...................183
Phases of Online Database Synchronization.......................................................................................183
Extractor Phases.............................................................................................................................183
Phase 1, Part 1...........................................................................................................................183
Phase 1, Part 2...........................................................................................................................183
Phase 1, Part 3...........................................................................................................................183
Phase 2......................................................................................................................................184
Updater Phase 2.............................................................................................................................184
Extractor Restart Considerations During Online Database Synchronization....................................184
Determining When Online Database Synchronization Is Complete..................................................184
Extractor Messages........................................................................................................................184
Updater Messages..........................................................................................................................184
8 Entering RDFCOM Commands................................................................................187
Elements of RDFCOM Command Descriptions.................................................................................187
Purpose, Syntax, and Attributes....................................................................................................187
Where Issued.................................................................................................................................187
Security Restrictions......................................................................................................................187
RDF State Requirement.................................................................................................................188
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