RDF/IMP and IMPX System Management Manual (RDF 1.4+)

About This Manual
HP NonStop RDF/IMP and IMPX System Management Manual—524388-001
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Where to Find Information You Need
Where to Find Information You Need
This manual presents three levels of information: introductory and conceptual
information (Section 1), task-oriented guidelines (Sections 2 through 7, and 10 through
14), and reference information (Sections 8 and 9 and Appendixes A, B, and C). The
following table shows where to look for the information you need, based upon the
responsibility you have or the kind of tasks you perform at your site:
The sections contain the following information:
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Section 1 introduces RDF and its goals, features, and capabilities; describes the
main RDF processes and their functions; introduces the RDFCOM and RDFSCAN
command interfaces used to communicate with the subsystem; and presents an
overview of RDF operation.
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Section 2 describes how to configure hardware and prepare software for RDF
installation and operation.
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Section 3 explains how to install and configure RDF, including how to copy
databases and files from the primary system to the backup system before starting
RDF.
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Section 4 discusses how to operate RDF, including how to issue RDFCOM and
RDFSCAN commands and how to display RDF configuration parameters and
operating statistics, change configuration parameters, and interpret log files.
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Section 5 explains how to manage the RDF environment, including how to recover
from file system errors, respond to failures, stop and restart the RDF product,
direct the backup system to take over application processing when a disaster
occurs at the primary system site, and perform other specialized tasks.
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Section 6 details how to back up altered database structures and how to
resynchronize the primary and backup databases.
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Section 7 describes how to synchronize entire databases or selected database
volumes online (available only with the RDF/IMPX product).
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Sections 8 and 9 present the syntax of all RDFCOM and RDFSCAN commands,
respectively, and give examples of these commands.
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Section 10 describes the triple contingency feature.
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Section 11 describes subvolume- and file-level replication.
Responsibility Section
System manager All
System operator 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, A, C, D, E
Database administrator 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, A, B, C, D, E
System analyst 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Application designer 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, A, B, C, D