TMF Operations and Recovery Guide (G06.24+)
Recovery Methods
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Responding to a TMF Crash
4. Issue a STOP TMF, ABRUPT command.
TMF opens and reads the configuration files restored in Step 3.
5. If you altered the AUDITTRAIL, AUDITDUMP, CATALOG, or PROCESS 
configuration after the last backup of ZTMFCONF, redo those changes.
The ALTER AUDITTRAIL, AUDITDUMP OFF command cannot be performed until 
TMF is restarted. However, the ALTER AUDITTRAIL, AUDITDUMP ON command 
should be performed now, if applicable.
If you performed a DELETE TMF operation and restarted TMF since the last 
backup of ZTMFCONF, or if you have any difficulty making the TMF configuration 
match what it was immediately before the damage occurred to the configuration 
subvolume, contact the Global Customer Support Center (GCSC) or your service 
provider.
6. If you altered the TMF PROCESS configuration in Step 5 for any of the TMFMON, 
TMFMON2, or TMP processes, issue another STOP TMF, ABRUPT command.
7. Issue the START TMF command.
8. Redo any changes you made to TMF DUMPS or TAPEMEDIA, and reenter any 
ALTER AUDITTRAIL, AUDITDUMP OFF commands issued after the last backup of 
ZTMFCONF.
9. Use the ADD DUMPS command to replace online dump and audit dump 
information from dumps made after the most recent backup of ZTMFCONF; use 
output from an INFO DUMPS, OBEYFORM command, as described previously in 
Keeping Current System Information on page 2-29.
10. Back up the ZTMFCONF subvolume.
11. Issue the INFO DUMPS, OBEYFORM command to obtain a command file 
containing ADD DUMPS commands for re-creating the current TMF catalog.
Responding to a TMF Crash
A TMF crash occurs in any of the following conditions:
•
The STOP TMF, ABRUPT command is issued.
•
Both TMP processes abend due to an internal error.
•
Both processors controlling the TMP fail. 
A TMF crash may occur in these conditions:
•
Both processors controlling the disk process for an audit-trail volume fail.
•
An audit-trail volume suffers a hardware or media failure and stops.
A TMF crash causes TMF to stop functioning. All transaction activity in the system 
ceases. Any transactions active at the time of the crash are aborted when the system 
restarts. TMF enters the stopped state as soon as the TMP can restart.










