TMF Reference Manual (G06.24+)

Introduction to TMF
HP NonStop TMF Reference Manual—522418-002
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TMF Objects
Resource Manager RESOURCEMANAGER A representation of anything that
contains data, such as a database or
a queue. TMF uses a resource
manager facility that is a collection of
routines that enables cooperation
between different transaction
management systems running on
different platforms, used to support
heterogeneous transaction
processing.
Tape media TAPEMEDIA A tape volume known to TMF.
TMF TMF TMF itself; a software system used to
protect databases in online
transaction processing (OLTP) and
other environments.
TMF operations OPERATION[S] TMF operations such as starting TMF
or performing a file recovery or an
online dump.
TMF process type PROCESS Processes of a specific kind (for
instance, backout processes) running
as part of TMF.
TMFSERVE process SERVER The TMF process that receives and
acts upon commands entered
through the TMFCOM interactive
command interpreter. This process
also allows programmatic access
through the Subsystem
Programmatic Interface (SPI),
making it possible to construct
system management programs that
monitor and control the TMF
environment.
Transaction TRANSACTION[S] A series of changes that transform a
database from one consistent state to
another. In application programs,
transactions are bounded by a
BEGINTRANSACTION statement
and an ENDTRANSACTION
statement.
Transaction processing BEGINTRANS The system library procedure that
initiates transactions to a database,
under the control of TMF.
Table 1-1. TMF Objects (page 2 of 2)
Object Object Keyword Description