RDF System Management Manual
Table Of Contents
- RDF System Management Manual
- What’s New in This Manual
- About This Manual
- 1 Introducing RDF
- RDF Subsystem Overview
- RDF Processes
- RDF Operations
- Reciprocal and Chain Replication
- Available Types of Replication to Multiple Backup Systems
- Triple Contingency
- Loopback Configuration (Single System)
- Online Product Initialization
- Online Database Synchronization
- Online Dumps
- Subvolume- and File-Level Replication
- Shared Access DDL Operations
- EMS Support
- SMF Support
- RTD Warning Thresholds
- Process-Lockstep Operation
- Support for Network Transactions
- RDF and NonStop SQL/MX
- Zero Lost Transactions (ZLT)
- Monitoring RDF Entities With ASAP
- 2 Preparing the RDF Environment
- 3 Installing and Configuring RDF
- 4 Operating and Monitoring RDF
- 5 Managing RDF
- Recovering From File System Errors
- Handling Disk Space Problems
- Responding to Operational Failures
- Stopping RDF
- Restarting RDF
- Carrying Out a Planned Switchover
- Takeover Operations
- Reading the Backup Database
- Access to Backup Databases in a Consistent State
- RDF and NonStop SQL/MP DDL Operations
- RDF and NonStop SQL/MX Operations
- Backing Up Image Trail Files
- Making Online Dumps With Updaters Running
- Doing FUP RELOAD Operations With Updaters Running
- Exception File Optimization
- Switching Disks on Updater UPDATEVOLUMES
- 6 Maintaining the Databases
- 7 Online Database Synchronization
- 8 Entering RDFCOM Commands
- 9 Entering RDFSCAN Commands
- 10 Triple Contingency
- 11 Subvolume- and File-Level Replication
- 12 Auxiliary Audit Trails
- 13 Network Transactions
- Configuration Changes
- RDF Network Control Files
- Normal RDF Processing Within a Network Environment
- RDF Takeovers Within a Network Environment
- Takeover Phase 1 – Local Undo
- Takeover Phase 2 – File Undo
- Takeover Phase 3 – Network Undo
- Takeover Phase 3 Performance
- Communication Failures During Phase 3 Takeover Processing
- Takeover Delays and Purger Restarts
- Takeover Restartability
- Takeover and File Recovery
- The Effects of Undoing Network Transactions
- Takeover and the RETAINCOUNT Value
- Network Configurations and Shared Access NonStop SQL/MP DDL Operations
- Network Validation and Considerations
- RDF Re-Initialization in a Network Environment
- RDF Networks and ABORT or STOP RDF Operations
- RDF Networks and Stop-Update-to-Time Operations
- Sample Configurations
- RDFCOM STATUS Display
- 14 Process-Lockstep Operation
- Starting a Lockstep Operation
- The DoLockstep Procedure
- The Lockstep Transaction
- RDF Lockstep File
- Multiple Concurrent Lockstep Operations
- The Lockstep Gateway Process
- Disabling Lockstep
- Reenabling Lockstep
- Lockstep Performance Ramifications
- Lockstep and Auxiliary Audit Trails
- Lockstep and Network Transactions
- Lockstep Operation Event Messages
- 15 NonStop SQL/MX and RDF
- Including and Excluding SQL/MX Objects
- Obtaining ANSI Object Names From Updater Event Messages
- Creating NonStop SQL/MX Primary and Backup Databases from Scratch
- Creating a NonStop SQL/MX Backup Database From an Existing Primary Database
- Online Database Synchronization With NonStop SQL/MX Objects
- Offline Synchronization for a Single Partition
- Online Synchronization for a Single Partition
- Correcting Incorrect NonStop SQL/MX Name Mapping
- Consideration for Creating Backup Tables
- Restoring to a Specific Location
- Comparing NonStop SQL/MX Tables
- 16 Zero Lost Transactions (ZLT)
- A RDF Command Summary
- B Additional Reference Information
- C Messages
- D Operational Limits
- E Using ASAP
- Index
Additional Reference Information
HP NonStop RDF System Management Manual—524388-003
B-2
Default Configuration Parameters
Default Configuration Parameters
This table lists the default values and allowable ranges for RDF configuration
parameters.
Parameter Default Value(s) MIN MAX
RDF BACKUPSYSTEM BACKUPSYSTEM value used
on INITIALIZE RDF
n.a. n.a.
RDF LOGFILE $0 n.a. n.a.
RDF NETWORK off n.a. n.a.
RDF OWNER none n.a. n.a.
RDF REPLICATEPURGE off n.a. n.a.
RDF SOFTWARELOC $SYSTEM.RDF n.a. n.a.
RDF UPDATERDELAY 10 1 10
RDF UPDATEROPEN PROTECTED n.a. n.a.
RDF UPDATERTXTIME 60 10 300
RDF UPDATERRTDWARNING 60 0 none
RDF USEEXCEPTION on n.a. n.a.
RDFNET PRIORITY 165 10 199
MONITOR CPUS 0:1 0 15
MONITOR PRIORITY 165 10 199
EXTRACTOR ATINDEX 0 0 15
EXTRACTOR CPUS 0:1 0 15
EXTRACTOR PRIORITY 165 10 199
EXTRACTOR RTDWARNING 60 0 none
RECEIVER ATINDEX 0 0 15
RECEIVER CPUS 0:1 0 15
RECEIVER EXTENTS (100,100) 10 65500
RECEIVER PRIORITY 165 10 199
RECEIVER RDFVOLUME $SYSTEM n.a. n.a.
RECEIVER SLOWMODE off n.a. n.a.
TRIGGER CPUS 0:1 0 15
TRIGGER PRIORITY 150 10 199
TRIGGER WAIT WAIT n.a. n.a.
TRIGGER NOWAIT WAIT n.a. n.a.
PURGER CPUS 0:1 0 15
PURGER PRIORITY 165 10 199
PURGER PURGETIME 60 30 1440