Reliable Transaction Router
System Manager's Manual

Contents

Preface
Preface	Preface
Chapter 1
1	Introduction
1.1	Initial Setup
1.2	Entering Commands
1.2.1	Web Browser Interface
1.2.2	Command Line Interface (CLI)
1.2.3	Online Help for 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
2.3	Creating a Recovery Journal
2.4	Changing Membership of a Facility
2.5	Setting Up Callout Servers
2.6	Router Considerations
2.7	Router Load Balancing
2.8	Concurrent Processes
2.9	RTR Privileges
2.10	RTR ACP Virtual Memory Sizing
2.10.1	OpenVMS Virtual Memory Sizing
2.10.2	UNIX Virtual Memory Sizing
2.11	Environment Variables Used by RTR
2.12	Flow Control Environment Variables
2.13	Network Transports
2.13.1	Specifying the Link Transport Protocol
2.13.2	Using RTR with DHCP and Internet Tunnels
2.13.3	Interoperation with RTR Version 2 Using DECnet
2.14	Network Protocol Selection on OpenVMS
2.15	Running RTR as a Service on Windows NT
2.15.1	Customizing the RTR Windows NT Service
2.15.2	Files Created by the RTR Windows NT Service
2.16	Selecting Processing-states (Roles) for Nodes
2.16.1	Role Assignment for Backend Node Partitions
2.16.2	Router Selection
Chapter 3
3	Partition Management
3.1	Overview
3.1.1	What is a Partition?
3.1.2	What is Partition Management?
3.2	Partition Naming
3.2.1	Default Partition Names
3.2.2	Programmer-Supplied Names
3.2.3	System-Manager Supplied Partition Names
3.2.4	Name Format and Scope
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 Roles
5.2	Automatic Features
5.2.1	Shadow Events
5.3	RTR Journal System
5.4	Shadow Site Failure and Journaling
5.4.1	Maximum Journal Size
5.5	Standby for Shadows
5.6	Performance
5.7	Shadows in Action
5.8	Application Considerations
5.9	Server States
5.10	Client States
5.11	Partition States
Chapter 6
6	RTR Monitoring
6.1	Introduction
6.2	Standard Monitor Pictures
6.2.1	Monitor ACCFAIL (Link Acceptance Failures)
6.2.2	Monitor ACP2APP
6.2.3	Monitor Active
6.2.4	Monitor APP2ACP
6.2.5	Monitor Broadcast
6.2.6	Monitor Calls
6.2.7	Monitor Channel
6.2.8	Monitor Connects
6.2.9	Monitor Event
6.2.10	Monitor Flow
6.2.11	Monitor Frontend
6.2.12	Monitor Group
6.2.13	Monitor IPC
6.2.14	Monitor IPCRATE
6.2.15	Monitor Journal
6.2.16	Monitor Link
6.2.17	Monitor Netbytes
6.2.18	Monitor Netstat
6.2.19	Monitor Partit
6.2.20	Monitor Queues
6.2.21	Monitor Quorum
6.2.22	Monitor Recovery
6.2.23	Monitor Rejects
6.2.24	Monitor Rejhist
6.2.25	Monitor Response
6.2.26	Monitor Rolequor
6.2.27	Monitor Routers
6.2.28	Monitor Routing
6.2.29	Monitor RSCBE
6.2.30	Monitor Stalls
6.2.31	Monitor System
6.2.32	Monitor TPS
6.2.33	Monitor TPSLO
6.2.34	Monitor Traffic
6.2.35	Monitor Trans
6.2.36	Monitor V2CALLS
6.2.37	Monitor XA