Rdfscan Commands - HP NonStop RDF J-series RVUs Management Manual

where to look for the information you need, based upon the responsibility you have or the kind
of tasks you perform at your site:
Responsibility Chapter/Appendix
System manager All
System operator 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, A, C, D, E
Database 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, A, B, C, D, E
administrator
System analyst 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Application designer 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, A, B, C, D
The chapters and appendixes contain this information:
• Chapter 1 (page 31)
main RDF processes and their functions; introduces the RDFCOM and RDFSCAN command
interfaces used to communicate with the subsystem; and presents an overview of RDF
operation.
• Chapter 2 (page 57)
installation and operation.
• Chapter 3 (page 69)
databases and files from the primary system to the backup system before starting RDF.
• Chapter 4 (page 99)
RDFSCAN commands and how to display RDF configuration parameters and operating
statistics, change configuration parameters, and interpret log files.
• Chapter 5 (page 121)
from file-system errors, respond to failures, stop and restart the RDF product, direct the
backup system to take over application processing when a disaster occurs at the primary
system site, and perform other specialized tasks.
• Chapter 6 (page 157)details how to back up altered database structures and how to
resynchronize the primary and backup databases.
• Chapter 7 (page 167)describes how to synchronize entire databases or selected database
volumes online.
• Chapter 8 (page 187)
RDFSCAN commands, respectively, and give examples of these commands.
• Chapter 10 (page 271)
• Chapter 11 (page 279)
• Chapter 12 (page 285)
record to support mapping between primary system and backup system subvolumes.
• Chapter 13 (page 291)
• Chapter 14 (page 295)
• Chapter 15 (page 309)
• Chapter 16 (page 323)
• Chapter 17 (page 337)
• Appendix A (page 349)
• Appendix B (page 359)
words, default values for configuration parameters, and system file descriptions.
• Appendix C (page 365)
processes, RDFCOM, and RDFSCAN, and their probable causes, effects, and recovery actions.
• Appendix D (page 463)
ZLT products.
• Appendix E (page 465)
introduces RDF and its goals, features, and capabilities; describes the
describes how to configure hardware and prepare software for RDF
explains how to install and configure RDF, including how to copy
discusses how to operate RDF, including how to issue RDFCOM and
explains how to manage the RDF environment, including how to recover
and Chapter 9 (page 261)
describes the triple contingency feature.
describes subvolume-level and file-level replication.
describes how to use the mapfile, maplog, and updater configuration
describes support for auxiliary audit trails.
describes support for network transactions.
describes lockstep operation.
describes SQL/MX database setup for RDF.
describes the Zero Lost Transactions (ZLT) functional capability.
summarizes the syntax of all RDFCOM and RDFSCAN commands.
provides additional information about RDF, including reserved
lists all messages that can be generated by the lockstep gateway, RDF
lists all the operational limits that apply to the RDF/IMP, IMPX, and
describes how to monitor RDF entities using ASAP.
present the syntax of all RDFCOM and
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