Reliable Transaction Router
Getting Started

Contents

Preface
Preface	Preface
Chapter 1
1	Introduction
	Reliable Transaction Router
	RTR Continuous Computing Concepts
	RTR Terminology
	RTR Server Types
	RTR Networking Capabilities
Chapter 2
2	Architectural Concepts
	The Three-Layer Model
	RTR Facilities Bridge the Gap
	Broadcasts
	Flexibility and Growth
	Transaction Integrity
	The Partitioned Data Model
	Object-Oriented Programming
	Objects
	Messages
	Class Relationships
	Polymorphism
	Object Implementation Benefits
	XA Support
Chapter 3
3	Reliability Features
	Servers
	Failover and Recovery
	Router Failover
	Backend Restart Recovery
	Transaction Message Replay
	Link Failure Recovery
	Recovery Scenarios
	Backend Recovery
	Router Recovery
	Frontend Recovery
Chapter 4
4	RTR Interfaces
	RTR Management Station
	RTR Command Line Interface
	Browser Interface
	Application Programming Interfaces
	RTR Object-Oriented Programming Interface
	RTR C Programming Interface
Chapter 5
5	The RTR Environment
	The RTR System Management Environment
	Monitoring RTR
	Transaction Management
	Partition Management
	The RTR Runtime Environment
	What's Next?
Glossary
Glossary	Glossary
Index
Index
Examples
2-1	Objects-Defined Sample
Figures
1	RTR Reading Path
1-1	Client Symbol
1-2	Server Symbol
1-3	Roles Symbols
1-4	Facility Symbol
1-5	Components in the RTR Environment
1-6	Two-Tier Client/Server Environment
1-7	Three-Tier Client/Server Environment
1-8	Browser Applet Configuration
1-9	RTR with Browser, Single Node, and Database
1-10	RTR Deployed on Two Nodes
1-11	RTR Deployed on Three Nodes
1-12	Standby Server Configuration
1-13	Transactional Shadowing Configuration
1-14	Two Sites: Transactional and Disk Shadowing with Standby Servers
1-15	Standby Servers
1-16	Shadow Servers
1-17	Concurrent Servers
1-18	A Callout Server
1-19	Bank Partitioning Example
1-20	Standby with Partitioning
2-1	The Three Layer Model
2-2	Partitioned Data Model
4-1	RTR Browser Interface
5-1	RTR System Management Environment
5-2	RTR Runtime Environment
Tables
2-1	Functional and Object-Oriented Programming Compared