RDF/IMP and IMPX System Management Manual (RDF 1.3+)

Entering RDFCOM Commands
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Command Overview
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Issue a STOP RDF command at the primary system.
If the decision has been made to stop RDF without stopping TMF, issue a STOP
RDF command at the primary system. RDF stops immediately after all RDF
processes save context information in the context file.
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Issue a STOP RDF command at the backup system.
You should use this method of stopping RDF only if either of the following is true:
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The RDF monitor process is not running on the primary system.
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All communications lines to the primary system are down.
If the decision has been made to stop RDF on the backup system, issue a STOP RDF
command at the backup system. All processes running on the backup system write
context information to a context file and then stop.
If the communications lines between the primary and backup systems are up, a
STOP RDF command issued at the backup system fails, and RDFCOM displays an
error message.
As it shuts down RDF, the STOP RDF command writes a message to the RDF log file
indicating this action.
Updaters cannot always respond immediately to a STOP RDF command. If an updater
has audit information queued for the disk process, the updater must wait until all of that
information is processed before it can shut down.
If all else fails, you can shut down the individual RDF processes manually. When doing
that, you must first stop the extractor on the primary system, then stop all updaters on
the backup system, stop the purger on the backup system, and finally stop the receiver
on the backup system. The easiest way to do this is to issue a series of commands of the
following form:
STATUS *,PROG $SYSTEM.RDF.procname, STOP
Example
To request RDFCOM to stop RDF, enter:
]STOP RDF
Note. Before you can restart RDF, you must stop RDF on the primary system as well.