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This document is intended to assist RTR Version 2 users to migrate to RTR
Version 3.
1.1 Why Migrate?
Migration to RTR Version 3 takes advantage of the new features and improved
capabilities of RTR Version 3. These include:
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Improved installation procedure using Polycenter Software Installation
Utility (PCSI), not VMSINSTAL
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Interoperability with multiple operating systems including:
OpenVMS (Alpha and VAX)
UNIX (DIGITAL UNIX, SUN Solaris, IBM AIX, HP–UX)
Windows NT
Windows 95 (client only)
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Improved ability to choose a primary server
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Use of more than one other node for a standby server
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Network transport selection (DECnet or TCP/IP)
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New SHOW command screens containing information about transactional
messages, resource managers, and some new state names
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New MONITOR pictures
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A new API, the Portable API
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Role clarification (Requestor changed to Client)
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Compatibility with Version 2 applications (no recompilation or linking
required)
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Use of mailboxes instead of OpenVMS cache and global sections for
interprocess communication
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Use of OpenVMS quotas, eliminating need for manually sizing configuration
parameters
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Enhanced partition management
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Enhanced journal management
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Exception logging
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Support for industry standard protocols for resource managers:
Microsoft DTC (Distributed Transaction Communicator) support
XA protocol
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