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
Messages
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RDFCOM Messages
Effect. RDFCOM suspends until you respond to the prompt.
Recovery. Respond “yes” or “no” to the prompt.
Cause. RDFCOM has detected that the receiver stopped prematurely the last time it
was running. Because you are attempting the takeover operation before RDF has
been allowed to restart, the probability is high that your database is already
inconsistent with respect to transaction boundaries. That is, for some transactions, all
audit data might not have been applied to database.
Effect. The database might be inconsistent.
Recovery. Performing the takeover might still leave the database inconsistent. If you
nevertheless choose to perform the takeover operation, you must first manually repair
the last image file on disk. Before proceeding, contact the Global Customer Support
Center (GCSC) or your service provider.
Cause. You tried to issue a critical RDFCOM command, but you are not the super-
user who initialized the RDF configuration.
Effect. The command fails.
Recovery. Log on as the super-user who initialized your RDF configuration.
Cause. The current limit for the number of RDF subsystems in your RDF network is 48
and you have attempted to add 49.
Effect. The configuration command fails.
Recovery. Do not add any more network records.
Cause. You tried to start RDF after an RDF takeover operation has been performed.
Effect. The START RDF command fails.
Recovery. You must initialize RDF on the primary system. You should also ensure
that the takeover operation completed successfully.
You are attempting a TAKEOVER operation immediately after the
receiver has crashed. Please contact your HP analyst before
proceeding with the TAKEOVER operation.
You are logged on as <user-id>.
To issue this command you must be <super-user>.
You cannot add more than 48 network records
You cannot START RDF after an RDF Takeover operation.