TMF Introduction (G06.24+)

HP NonStop Transaction Management Facility (TMF) Introduction—522414-001
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About This Manual
This manual introduces the basic concepts of transaction processing and the features
of the HP NonStop™ Transaction Management Facility, commonly known as TMF and
called by that name throughout this manual. TMF provides transaction protection,
database consistency, and database recovery on HP NonStop servers.
Use this manual to learn how TMF works to protect business data in local and
distributed databases. To learn more about this manual, read the following topics:
Who Should Read This Manual?
This manual is for business professionals, application designers, application
programmers, and system managers who need to know:
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How using TMF can benefit a business
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How TMF software maintains high OLTP application performance
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How to use TMF functionality to manage transactions and database recovery
This manual provides the foundation for understanding all other TMF manuals.
Although this manual requires a basic understanding of the NonStop server
architecture and the HP NonStop Kernel operating system, readers need not have a
previous transaction management background.
Note. This product was formerly called the NonStop Transaction Manager/MP (TM/MP)
product, and the TMF subsystem was identified as the main functional component of the
product. HP has now chosen to call the product by its main component’s name for simplicity.
Topic Page
Who Should Read This Manual? ix
How This Manual is Organized x
TMF Documentation x
Other Documentation xi
Your Comments Invited xii
Notation Conventions xii