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
Index
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Index-11
S
object code file 3-9
parameters 3-32, 3-33
adding to configuration file 8-9, A-2
altering 8-14
displaying configuration
values 8-31, A-5
displaying option values 8-85, A-12
resetting option values 8-53, A-6
SET RECEIVER example 8-66,
8-77
setting option values 8-64, 8-74,
A-11
SHOW RECEIVER example 8-87,
8-88
Recompiling programs 3-9
Reload of Backup Database 2-8
REMOTECONTROLSUBVOL network
attribute 13-4
REMOTECONTROLSUBVOL
parameter 8-17
REMOTESYS parameter 8-17
Replicating database operations 2-10
Replication
file-level 11-1
subvolume-level 11-1
to multiple backup systems 1-28
replication to multiple backup systems 1-28
Report definitions, SQLCI 3-4
Requirements, RDF
hardware 2-1
software 2-5
TMF 2-6
Reserved
file names A-18
RESET command 8-53, A-6
RESET PROCESS parameter 8-56, 8-59,
8-60, 8-62, 8-72, 8-78, 8-81, A-7, A-8
Restart point, updater 1-23
Restarting the RDF subsystem 5-18
Restoring SQL/MX tables 15-17
Resynchronizing
databases 6-9
individual tables or files 6-11
individual volumes 6-10
RETAINCOUNT parameter 8-64, 8-74,
10-4
REVERSE parameter 8-100
Reverse Trigger, Using a 5-19
RTD time, column in STATUS RDF
display 8-96
Running
RDFCOM 4-1
S
SAFEGUARD security 3-11
SCAN command 9-10, 9-17, A-17
Scanning RDF messages 1-12
Searching log files 9-14
Security
guidelines 3-11
RDF objects 3-11
SET EXTRACTOR command 3-26, 3-30,
8-56, 8-59, A-7, A-8, A-9, A-10
SET MONITOR command 3-30, 8-60,
8-62, 8-72, 8-78, A-8
SET RDF command 8-67, A-10
SET RECEIVER command 3-32, 3-33,
8-64, 8-74, A-11
SET TRIGGER command 8-78
SET VOLUME command 8-81, A-12
Shared Access DDL in an RDF
Network 5-32, 13-13
Shared access DDL operations 5-31
SHOW command 8-85, A-12
SHOW NETWORK command
example 8-89
SHOW RDFNETcommand
example 8-89
SMF support 2-12
SOFTDOC software documentation file 3-9
Software requirements 2-5
SQL/MP
DDL operations