RDF System Management Manual for J-series and H-series RVUs (RDF 1.10)

New features in the RDF 1.10 manual
• Updated the VALIDATE CONFIGURATION command in RDFCOM to include information on
validation report generation support.
• Added new error messages in Appendix C.
Updates to the RDF 1.10 manual
The following updates were performed in the RDF 1.10 manual:
• Updated the RDFNETO attribute in RDF Process and Program Security Attributes (page 69).
• Added the section Replicating purge operations with INCLUDE, EXCLUDE, INCLUDEPURGE,
and EXCLUDEPURGE lists (page 269).
• Updated the information about INCLUDEPURGE and EXCLUDEPURGE in Summary Examples
(page 270).
• Updated troubleshooting steps in Exceeding the Maximum Number of Concurrent File Opens
(page 116).
Document Organization
This manual presents three levels of information: introductory and conceptual information (Chapter
1), task-oriented guidelines (Chapters 2 through 7 and Chapters 10 through 14), and reference
information (Chapters 8 and 9 and Appendixes A, B, and C). The following table shows where
to look for the information you need, based upon the responsibility you have or the kind of tasks
you perform at your site:
Chapter/AppendixResponsibility
AllSystem manager
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, A, C, D, ESystem operator
1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, A, B, C, D, EDatabase administrator
1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17System analyst
1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, A, B, C, DApplication designer
The chapters and appendixes contain this information:
• Chapter 1 (page 27) introduces RDF and its goals, features, and capabilities; describes the
main RDF processes and their functions; introduces the RDFCOM and RDFSCAN command
interfaces used to communicate with the subsystem; and presents an overview of RDF operation.
• Chapter 2 (page 52) describes how to configure hardware and prepare software for RDF
installation and operation.
• Chapter 3 (page 62) explains how to install and configure RDF, including how to copy
databases and files from the primary system to the backup system before starting RDF.
• Chapter 4 (page 91) discusses how to operate RDF, including how to issue RDFCOM and
RDFSCAN commands and how to display RDF configuration parameters and operating
statistics, change configuration parameters, and interpret log files.
• Chapter 5 (page 113) explains how to manage the RDF environment, including how to recover
from file-system errors, respond to failures, stop and restart the RDF product, direct the backup
system to take over application processing when a disaster occurs at the primary system site,
and perform other specialized tasks.
• Chapter 6 (page 148)details how to back up altered database structures and how to
resynchronize the primary and backup databases.
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