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Transaction Tracking Parameters for the Traditional File System
Table 21
Parameter
Auto TTS Backout Flag = value
TTS Abort Dump Flag = value
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A transaction is a set of write operations that must be completed together
to maintain file and database integrity.
Write operations consist not only of data and data records, but also of
changes to the index and the key structures that are important to an
application's continual operation.
Transaction Tracking System
transaction is written to disk in its complete form or is backed out if
incomplete. This ensures database integrity in case a failure occurs before
a transaction is completed.
For a description of transaction tracking parameters for the Traditional File
System, see the following table.
Transaction Tracking Parameters for The Traditional File System
Use to
Specify whether a server with transactional files will automatically
back out of incomplete transactions when the server is restarted.
Supported values:
ON = The server backs out incomplete transactions when booting
OFF = The server waits for you to answer a prompt before it
backs out of transactions
Default: ON
You must set this parameter in the STARTUP.NCF file. You
cannot set the parameter at the command line.
Specify whether a file is created to log transactional backout data.
Supported values:
ON = The information is saved in TTS$LOG.ERR
OFF = The information backed out is not saved
Default: OFF
If the parameter is set to ON, the backed-out information is written
to file TTS$LOG.ERR on volume SYS:. You can print the file or
view it with a text editor.
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