TMF Operations and Recovery Guide (G06.24+)

Routine Maintenance
HP NonStop TMF Operations and Recovery Guide—522417-002
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Displaying Audit-Trail Activity
Files | Current file
(file status,
dump status)
The names of the active, preallocated, overflow, and restored files in
the audit trail. If the DETAIL option is not entered in the STATUS
AUDITTRAIL command, then only the current audit-trail file is shown
here.
The status of the audit-trail file and the file’s dump status are shown
in parentheses after the file name:
File Status (Active)—Active audit-trail files that precede the current file contain
audit records needed for transactions in progress or, potentially, for
use by volume recovery or a TMF restart. An active audit-trail file
that is in sequence after the current file becomes the next current
file. These files contain no audit records.
(Available)—The file is no longer needed for transactions in
progress, volume recovery, or TMF restart. If audit dumping is
configured, the file has been dumped: it can be reused when the
current file gets full.
(Overflow)—Overflow files are like active files, but have been copied
to an overflow-audit volume. This happens when the space
consumed by active audit-trail files exceeds the overflow threshold
configured for the audit trail.
(Overflowing)—The file is being copied to an overflow-audit volume.
(Preallocated)—Preallocated files are “placeholders” used to
guarantee that disk space configured for the audit trail is not
consumed by other applications. A preallocated file becomes an
active file when TMF selects it to be a new audit-trail file.
(Prepared)—The active audit-trail file has been renamed, and will be
the next file to receive audit records.
(Restored)—The file has been restored to a restore-audit volume for
use by volume recovery or file recovery, or by an application that
reads audit records.
(Restoring)—The file is being restored to a restore-audit volume.
Dump Status (Current)—The file is currently receiving audit records, so it is not
ready to be dumped.
(Dumped) —The file has been copied to archive media by the audit
dump process. An available file is not marked as dumped because it
must have been dumped to become available.
(Dumping)—The file is being copied to archive media by the audit
dump process.
(Not Dumped)—The file has not yet been copied to archive media.
(Not Dumping) —The file will not be dumped because the audit trail
was not configured for dumping when the file became full. This file
can only be dumped manually, using a backup or duplication
program.
Table 2-1. Understanding the STATUS AUDITTRAIL Display (page 2 of 2)
Audit-Trail Status Meaning