HP NonStop RDF J-series RVUs Management Manual page 4

Online Database Synchronization...................................................................................................54
Online Dumps of the Backup Database..........................................................................................54
Subvolume-Level and File-Level Replication..................................................................................54
Shared Access DDL Operations......................................................................................................54
Configurable Software Location......................................................................................................54
EMS Support....................................................................................................................................55
SMF Support....................................................................................................................................55
RTD Warning Thresholds................................................................................................................55
Process-Lockstep Operation............................................................................................................55
Support for Network Transactions..................................................................................................55
RDF and NonStop SQL/MX.............................................................................................................56
Zero Lost Transactions (ZLT)..........................................................................................................56
Monitoring RDF Entities With ASAP..............................................................................................56
2 Preparing the RDF Environment..................................................................................57
Configuring Hardware for RDF Operations.........................................................................................57
Primary System Configuration........................................................................................................57
Backup System Configuration.........................................................................................................57
Disk Volume Limit...........................................................................................................................58
Volume-to-Volume Mapping...........................................................................................................58
Subvolume-to-Subvolume Name Mapping....................................................................................58
Expand (Data Communication) Resources.....................................................................................58
Preparing Software and Database Files for RDF Operations...............................................................59
Configuring TMF for RDF Operations on the Primary System......................................................60
AUDITTRAIL BUFFER..............................................................................................................60
TMF Configuration With Dump Process on the Primary System.............................................61
TMF Configuration Without Dump Process on the Primary System........................................61
Configuring TMF for RDF Operations on the Backup System.......................................................61
Preparing Databases for RDF Protection.........................................................................................62
Audited Files Per Volume on Primary System..........................................................................62
Audited Backup Database Files.................................................................................................62
Reload of Backup Database...................................................................................................62
Disk Process Pins on Database Volumes..............................................................................62
DSM Catalogs and File Code 900...............................................................................................63
Views on the Backup System.....................................................................................................63
Partitioned Tables and Files.......................................................................................................63
Database Block Sizes and Cache on the Backup System............................................................63
Specifying System Generation Parameters for an RDF Environment.............................................63
Designing Transactions for RDF Protection....................................................................................64
Replicating Database Operations...............................................................................................64
NonStop SQL DDL Operations............................................................................................64
Enscribe File-Label Modifications.........................................................................................64
Purge Operations..................................................................................................................64
Partitioned Files....................................................................................................................65
Temporary Disk Files............................................................................................................65
Using SMF With RDF............................................................................................................................65
Configuring an SMF Environment on the Primary System............................................................66
Configuring an SMF Environment on the Backup RDF System.....................................................66
3 Installing and Configuring RDF..................................................................................69
Preparing the Primary System..............................................................................................................69
Stopping the Software.....................................................................................................................69
Preparing the Tables and Files.........................................................................................................69
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