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

Contents
About This Document...................................................................................19
Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)................................................................................19
Intended Audience..................................................................................................................19
New and Changed Information in This Edition............................................................................19
New features in the RDF 1.10 manual (529826-009)...............................................................19
New features in the RDF 1.10 manual...................................................................................20
Updates to the RDF 1.10 manual..........................................................................................20
Document Organization..........................................................................................................20
Notation Conventions..............................................................................................................21
General Syntax Notation....................................................................................................21
Notation for Messages.......................................................................................................24
Related Information.................................................................................................................25
Publishing History...................................................................................................................26
HP Encourages Your Comments................................................................................................26
1 Introducing RDF........................................................................................27
RDF Subsystem Overview.........................................................................................................28
Unplanned Outages With ZLT..............................................................................................29
Unplanned Outages Without ZLT.........................................................................................29
Planned Outages...............................................................................................................30
Features............................................................................................................................31
User Interfaces.......................................................................................................................33
RDFCOM for Subsystem Management and Operations...........................................................33
Scanning the EMS Event Log...............................................................................................33
RDF Tasks..............................................................................................................................34
RDF Processes........................................................................................................................35
Primary System Processes....................................................................................................36
Backup System Processes....................................................................................................37
RDF Operations......................................................................................................................37
Monitor Process.................................................................................................................37
Extractor Process................................................................................................................37
Receiver Process................................................................................................................39
Sorted Image Trails.......................................................................................................40
RDF Control Points.........................................................................................................41
RDFNET Process................................................................................................................41
Updater Processes..............................................................................................................41
Audited Database Files..................................................................................................42
REDO Pass...................................................................................................................43
UNDO Pass..................................................................................................................43
Restart Information.........................................................................................................43
Partitioned Files, Alternate Key Files, and Indexes..............................................................43
File System Errors Involving Data Files..............................................................................44
RTD Times....................................................................................................................44
Purger Process...................................................................................................................44
Reciprocal and Chain Replication Require Mutually Exclusive Datavols.................................45
Available Types of Replication to Multiple Backup Systems...........................................................47
RDF Control Subvolume......................................................................................................48
Other RDF Features.................................................................................................................48
Triple Contingency.............................................................................................................48
Loopback Configuration (Single System)................................................................................48
Online Product Initialization................................................................................................49
Online Database Synchronization........................................................................................49
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