RDF System Management Manual for J-series and H-series RVUs (RDF Update 13)

Zero Lost Transactions (ZLT)..................................................................................................47
Monitoring RDF Entities With ASAP......................................................................................47
2 Preparing the RDF Environment...................................................................48
Configuring Hardware for RDF Operations.................................................................................48
Primary System Configuration..............................................................................................48
Backup System Configuration...............................................................................................48
Disk Volume Limit...............................................................................................................49
Volume-to-Volume Mapping.................................................................................................49
Subvolume-to-Subvolume Name Mapping.............................................................................49
Expand (Data Communication) Resources.............................................................................49
Preparing Software and Database Files for RDF Operations.........................................................50
Configuring TMF for RDF Operations on the Primary System....................................................51
Configuring TMF for RDF Operations on the Backup System.....................................................52
Preparing Databases for RDF Protection................................................................................52
Specifying System Generation Parameters for an RDF Environment............................................54
Designing Transactions for RDF Protection.............................................................................54
Using SMF with RDF...............................................................................................................56
Configuring an SMF Environment on the Primary System.........................................................56
Configuring an SMF Environment on the Backup RDF System...................................................57
3 Installing and Configuring RDF...................................................................58
Preparing the Primary System...................................................................................................58
Stopping the Software........................................................................................................58
Preparing the Tables and Files.............................................................................................59
Preparing the Backup System....................................................................................................59
Synchronizing the Primary and Backup Databases.................................................................60
Backing Up Application Programs and Files..........................................................................63
Cache for RDF IMAGETRAILS and UPDATER UPDATEVOLUMES...............................................64
Installing RDF.........................................................................................................................64
RDF/IMP (T0346) Product Components.................................................................................64
RDF/IMPX (T0347) Product Components...............................................................................64
RDF/ZLT (T0618) Product Components..................................................................................65
Process-Lockstep Gateway (T1226) Product Components..........................................................65
Component Licensing.........................................................................................................65
Security Guidelines............................................................................................................65
Using the OWNER Attribute to Allow Super Group Users to Start, Stop, and Manage RDF..........67
Initializing and Configuring TMF..............................................................................................67
TMF Subsystem Not Running Previously.................................................................................67
TMF Subsystem Running Previously.......................................................................................68
Initializing and Configuring RDF...............................................................................................68
Initializing RDF..................................................................................................................68
Initializing RDF Without Stopping TMF (Using INITTIME Option)..............................................69
Online Installation and Initialization Without Stopping RDF.....................................................71
Configuring RDF................................................................................................................73
Creating a Configuration Command File...............................................................................85
Configuration File Compatibility...........................................................................................85
Enabling RDF Operations........................................................................................................86
Starting TMF.....................................................................................................................86
Starting RDF......................................................................................................................86
Restarting the Applications..................................................................................................87
4 Operating and Monitoring RDF..................................................................88
Running RDFCOM..................................................................................................................88
Command Syntax for Starting an RDFCOM Session...............................................................88
Using RDFCOM Interactively...............................................................................................89
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