hp Reliable Transaction Router
System Manager's Manual

Contents

Preface
Preface	Preface
Chapter 1
1	Introduction
1.1	Initial Setup
1.2	Administering RTR and RTR Applications
1.2.1	RTR Web Browser Interface
1.2.2	Command Line Interface (CLI)
1.2.3	Online Help for the RTR CLI
1.3	Command Procedures
1.4	Remote Commands
Chapter 2
2	Starting and Setting Up RTR
2.1	Introduction
2.2	Setting Up---An Example
2.2.1	Starting RTR and Creating a Facility
2.3	Creating a Recovery Journal
2.3.1	Maximum Journal Size
2.4	Fast Shadow Recovery Journaling
2.5	Changing Membership of a Facility
2.6	Setting Up Callout Servers
2.7	Router Considerations
2.8	Router Load Balancing and Flow Control
2.9	Concurrent Processes
2.10	RTR Privileges
2.11	RTRACP Virtual Memory Sizing for all Systems
2.11.1	OpenVMS Virtual Memory Sizing
2.11.2	UNIX Virtual Memory Sizing
2.12	RTR Shared Memory Sizing
2.13	Environment Variables Used by RTR
2.13.1	Tuning for Journal Access in a Cluster
2.13.2	Compression of Event and Reply Data
2.13.3	Flow Control Environment Variables
2.13.4	Network Transports
2.13.4.1	Specifying the Link Transport Protocol
2.13.4.2	Using RTR with DHCP and Internet Tunnels
2.13.4.3	Network Protocol Selection
2.13.4.4	Dual-Rail Setup
2.13.4.5	DNS Server Support
2.13.4.6	Tunnel Configurations
2.14	Running RTR as a Service on Windows NT
2.14.1	Customizing the RTR Windows NT Service
2.14.2	Files Created by the RTR Windows NT Service
2.15	Assignment of Processing States for Partitions
2.15.1	Sequence Numbers in a Shadow Configuration
2.15.2	Setting Failover Policy
2.16	Router Selection in Facilities
2.17	Clustering Considerations for RTR Standby Servers
2.17.1	Recognized Clusters
2.17.1.1	OpenVMS Clusters and Tru64 Truclusters
2.17.1.2	Journal Location
2.17.1.3	Journal Locking
2.17.1.4	Cluster Communications
2.17.2	Windows Clusters
2.17.2.1	Journal Location
2.17.2.2	Facility Role Definition
2.17.2.3	RTR Home Directory
2.17.2.4	Cluster Failover
2.17.3	Unrecognized Clusters
2.17.4	Enhancing Recovery on Sun Systems
2.17.4.1	Restrictions
Chapter 3
3	Partition Management
3.1	Overview
3.1.1	What is a Partition?
3.2	Partition Naming
3.2.1	Name Format and Scope
3.2.2	Default Partition Names
3.2.3	Programmer-Supplied Names
3.2.4	System-Manager Supplied Partition Names
3.3	Life Cycle of a Partition
3.3.1	Implicit Partition Creation
3.3.2	Explicit Partition Creation
3.3.3	Persistence of Partition Definitions
3.4	Binding Server Channels to Named Partitions
3.5	Entering Partition Commands
3.5.1	Command Line Usage
3.5.2	Programmed Partition Management
3.6	Managing Partitions
3.6.1	Controlling Shadowing
3.6.2	Controlling Transaction Presentation
3.6.3	Controlling Recovery
3.6.4	Controlling the Active Site
3.6.5	Controlling Failover
3.6.6	Controlling Transaction Replay
3.6.7	Partition Persistence
3.7	Displaying Partition Information
Chapter 4
4	Transaction Management
4.1	Overview
4.2	Exception Transactions
4.2.1	Dealing with EXCEPTION Transactions
4.2.2	What EXCEPTION Transactions Mean to Data Integrity
4.3	Transaction State Changes
4.4	Command Line Examples
Chapter 5
5	Server Shadowing and Recovery
5.1	Primary and Secondary Partition States
5.2	Automatic Features
5.2.1	Shadow Events in Partitions
5.3	RTR Journal System
5.4	Shadow Site Failure and Journaling
5.5	Performance
5.6	Shadows in Action
5.7	Application Considerations
5.8	Server States
5.9	Client States
5.10	Partition States