TMF Operations and Recovery Guide (G06.24+)

Overview of TMF Maintenance and Recovery
HP NonStop TMF Operations and Recovery Guide—522417-002
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Displaying TMF Status
Table 1-3 lists the possible catalog states reported by the STATUS TMF command.
Starting (starting
state)
A START TMF command is in progress, and is in one of the
following starting conditions:
Services—Audit-trail services and other TMF services are
starting.
Waiting for network transactions to be resolved—TMF is
committing or backing out distributed transactions that did not
complete when TMF was last running.
Data volumes—Data volumes are starting for TMF processing.
Running backout—The backout process is backing out
transactions that did not complete when TMF was last running.
Stopping (stopping
state)
TMF is stopping, and is in one of the following stopping
conditions:
Waiting for transactions to finish—TMF is committing or backing
out all unfinished transactions.
Data volumes—Data volumes are stopping for TMF processing.
Waiting for RDF—TMF is waiting for the HP NonStop Remote
Database Facility (RDF) to shut down.
Services—Audit-trail services and other TMF services are
stopping.
Table 1-3. Catalog States
State Meaning
up The catalog is up and available.
down The catalog is down and unavailable.
active TMF is working on the catalog, perhaps adding, altering, or deleting entries; the
catalog is temporarily busy.
waiting TMF is being brought up; the catalog is not yet available.
stopping TMF is being shut down; the catalog is not now available.
ERROR Unable to open the catalog due to File System Error 14.
Table 1-2. TMF States (page 2 of 2)
State Meaning