Compaq AA-Q88CE-TE instruction

Reliable Transaction Router

System Manager's Manual

Order Number: AA-Q88CE-TE

June, 1999

This manual describes how to conﬁgure, manage and monitor Reliable Transaction Router, Version 3.2 (RTR).

Revision/Update Information: This manual supersedes Version 3.1D of the System Manager's Manual

Software Version:Reliable Transaction Router, Version

3.2

Compaq Computer Corporation Houston, Texas

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Compaq AA-Q88CE-TE manual Reliable Transaction Router System Managers Manual

Contents

Reliable Transaction Router System Managers Manual June Contents RTR Monitoring Transaction Management RTR Command Line Interface 103 100104 105 RTR Utility Error Messages RTR log messages Index Examples Server Shadowing and RecoveryCreating Monitor Pictures XA Support Tables Arithmetic Operators in Display Commands Page Intended Audience Purpose of this ManualStructure of Document Readers Comments Related DocumentationConventions Convention Meaning Conventions Used in this GuidePage Getting Started Entering Commands Online Help Introduction Entering Commands Remote Commands Command ProceduresIntroduction Online Help Rtralrsta Introduction Remote Commands Introduction Setting Up-An Example FrontendsFERoutersTRBackendsBE Starting and Setting Up RTR Setting Up-An ExampleExample 2-1 Local Conﬁguration of each Node Example 2-2 Remote Setup from one Node Creating a Recovery Journal Changing a Facility Starting and Setting Up RTR Creating a Recovery Journal Example 2-3 Reconﬁguration Using Delete and Create Facility Starting and Setting Up RTR Changing a Facility O N T E N D S U T E R S Example 2-4 Reconﬁguration Using Extend Facility Setting up Callout Servers Router Load Balancing Starting and Setting Up RTR 2.5 Setting up Callout ServersExample 2-5 Conﬁguration of Callout Servers Setting RTR Privileges on Unix Systems Starting and Setting Up RTR Router Load BalancingRTR Privileges Setting RTR Privileges on OpenVMS Systems Starting and Setting Up RTR RTR PrivilegesSetting RTR Privileges on Windows NT Systems RTR ACP Virtual Memory Sizing Astlm Biolm Diolm Fillm Pgflquota Starting and Setting Up RTR RTR ACP Virtual Memory Sizing Unix Virtual Memory Sizing Specifying the Link Transport Protocol Network Transports Troubleshooting Tunnel and Wildcard Connections Using the Tunnel PreﬁxTCP Services File Anonymous Clients Interoperation with RTR Version 2 Using DECnet Starting and Setting Up RTR Network Transports Network Protocol Selection on OpenVMS Running RTR as a Service on Windows NT$ DEFINE/SYSTEM Rtrprefprot Rtrdnafirst Files Created by the RTR Windows NT Service Role Assignment for Backend Node Partitions How RTR Selects Processing-states Roles for NodesActive Router Backend a Backend B Show Partition command on each backend node is as follows SET Partition test/PRIORITYLIST=bronze,gold Router Site a Node-A1 Site B Node-B1 Node-A2 Node-B2 Router Selection RTR Create Facility test/FRONTEND=Z/ROUTER=A,B,C What is Partition Management? What is a Partition?Overview Life Cycle of a Partition Partition Naming Explicit Partition Creation Binding Server Channels to Named PartitionsPersistence of Partition Deﬁnitions Partition Management Entering Partition Commands Entering Partition CommandsCommand Line Usage Programmed Partition Management Managing Partitions Command Line ExampleControlling Shadowing Programming Information Example usage of the qualiﬁers Controlling Recovery Controlling the Active Site Partition Management Managing Partitions Char Controlling Failover Rtruns32t newLimit Controlling Transaction Replay Displaying Partition Information RTR$DEFAULTFACILITYPartition Management Displaying Partition Information Transaction Management Transaction Management Overview Command Line ExamplesException Transactions 19 Valid Transaction State Transitions Transaction Management Overview Transaction State Changes 4Transaction Management Standard Monitor Pictures RTR Monitoring Standard Monitor Pictures RTR Monitoring Standard Monitor Pictures Cont Standard Monitor Pictures Dmark DEC.ZKO.DMARK Monitor Accfail Link Acceptance Failures Monitor ACP2APP Monitor APP2ACP RTR Monitoring Standard Monitor Pictures Monitor ActiveMonitor Broadcast PID -ALL Monitor Channel RTR Monitoring Standard Monitor Pictures Monitor CallsMonitor Connects Calls Monitor Facility Monitor Event Monitor Group RTR Monitoring Standard Monitor Pictures Monitor FlowMonitor Group Fields Monitor Ipcrate RTR Monitoring Standard Monitor Pictures Monitor IPCMonitor Journal Monitor Netbytes Monitor Link Monitor Partit RTR Monitoring Standard Monitor Pictures Monitor NetstatMonitor Partition States Nodea RTR$DEFAULTFACILITY Monitor RecoveryMonitor Queues Monitor Quorum Monitor Rejects Monitor Recovery StatesMonitor Rejects Fields Monitor Response RTR Monitoring Standard Monitor Pictures Monitor RejhistProcess 38009A8B Monitor Rejhist Fields Monitor Routers RTR Monitoring Standard Monitor Pictures Monitor RolequorumMonitor Routing Quorum Counts by Facility 7-JAN-1999 143248, Node -ALL Monitor RTR RTR Monitoring Standard Monitor Pictures Monitor Rscbe RTR Monitoring Standard Monitor Pictures Monitor Stalls Type Monitor Connects RTR Monitoring Standard Monitor Pictures Monitor System Monitor Trafﬁc RTR Monitoring Standard Monitor Pictures Monitor TPSMonitor Trans Servers Monitor XA RTR Monitoring Standard Monitor Pictures Monitor V2CALLSMonitor XA Page RTR Command Reference RTR Command Line Interface ADD Facility Format Call RtraccepttxDescription Call Rtraccepttx Qualiﬁers CHANNELNAME=RTR$DEFAULTCHANNELForget Noforget Independent Noindependent Accept the current transaction with a reason Related Commands Parameters Call RtrbroadcasteventCall Rtrbroadcastevent message-ﬁeld1 ,message-ﬁeld2 Message-ﬁeld1 ,message-ﬁeld2 CHANNELNAME=channel-name Parameters for rtrbroadcasteventEVENTNUMBER=user-event-number LENGTHOFFIELD=ﬁeld-length Generated Format StringsRECIPIENTSPEC=rcpspc TYPEOFDATA=STRING Signed Unsigned /TYPEOFDATA=STRING D Call Rtrbroadcastevent Call Rtrclosechannel Call RtrclosechannelParameters for rtrclosechannel This command closes the channel named ``client1 Immediate IMMEDIATE=RTR$DEFAULTCHANNEL Call Rtrerrortext Call RtrerrortextParameters for rtrerrortext STATUS=status-code No default Call Rtrgettid Call RtrgettidParameters for rtrgettid Tid e100b810,0,0,0,0,3bc5,6eb02001 Call Rtropenchannel Call Rtropenchannel Parameter Name Parameter Value Example Parameters for rtropenchannel Concurrent D Noconcurrent Client Noclient FACILITYNAME=facility-name FACILITY=RTR$DEFAULTFACILITY DHIGHBOUND=high-bound HIGHBOUND=max-val-for-key-type D KEYn=keysegdesc LOWBOUND=low-bound LOWBOUND=min-val-for-key-type D Standby D Nostandby PARTITIONNAME=partition-name Call Rtrclosechannel Call Rtrpreparetx Call RtrpreparetxParameters for rtrpreparetx DATA=0 DATA=data Prepare the current transaction with a reason Call Rtrreceivemessage Call RtrreceivemessageParameters for rtrreceivemessage 26RTR Command Line Interface Msgsb msgtype msglen usrhdl 0 tid Call Rtrrejecttx Call Rtrrejecttx10 Parameters for rtrrejecttx Call Rtropenchannel Call Rtraccepttx Reject the current transaction with a reason Call Rtrreplytoclient message-ﬁeld1 ,message-ﬁeld2 Call Rtrreplytoclient Accept Noaccept 11 Parameters for rtrreplytoclient 12 Generated Format Strings Following example replies a message to the client Call Rtrrequestinfo Call Rtrrequestinfo13 Parameters for rtrrequestinfo INFCLA=infoclass No default GETITM=item-name,item-name... No defaultSELITM=item-name No default SELVAL=item-value No default RTR Call RTRRECEIVEMESSAGE/CHANNEL=INFOCHAN/TIMEOUT Call Rtrsendtoserver message-ﬁeld1 ,message-ﬁeld2 Call RtrsendtoserverMessage-ﬁeld ,message-ﬁeld2 Expendable Noexpendable 14 Parameters for rtrsendtoserver Readonly Noreadonly 15 Generated Format Strings Examples Call Rtrstarttx Call Rtrstarttx16 Parameters for rtrstarttx Nested Transaction Usage Nojointxid JOINTXID=txid-numberTxidtype Ddtm Call Rtrrejecttx Call Rtraccepttx Clear Clear=column =row 46RTR Command Line Interface Create Facility facilityname Create FacilityFacilityname Default for role-list is ROUTER,BACKEND RESOURCEMANAGER=resource-list 50RTR Command Line Interface Create Journal disk-1 ... ,disk-n Create JournalDisk-1, ... disk-n Unix 17 Platform Speciﬁc Information Delete Journal Modify Journal Show Journal Partitionname Create PartitionPartitionname Facility Create Facility SET Partition Define /KEY key-name equivalence-string Define /KEYKey-name Key names Echo D Noecho Equivalence-string RTR PF3 RTR Define /KEY PF3 Show RTR /TERMINATERTR Define /KEY PF1 Help /SETSTATE=GOLD /NOTERMINATE /ECHO RTR Define /KEY PF1 Create /TERMINATE /IFSTATE=GOLD /ECHO 60RTR Command Line Interface Delete Facility facilityname Delete Facility Create Facility Show Facility Delete Journal Delete Journal 64RTR Command Line Interface Delete Partition Create Partition Show Partition Display BAR expression Display BARExpression Noaverage AVERAGE=keywordCHARACTER=char Noseparate SEPARATE=keyword Nototalize TOTALIZE=keyword=column =previous-column D Display Numeric expression Display Numeric DECIMALS=decimal-places /DECIMALS=0 D KeywordMeaning =column /X=previous-column D 76RTR Command Line Interface Display String expression Display String 78RTR Command Line Interface WIDTH=ﬁeld-width /WIDTH=0 D 80RTR Command Line Interface Display Symbolic expression text-string ,text-string Display Symbolic 82RTR Command Line Interface Display Text text Display TextText Node Nonode Related Commands DCL-command Do operating-system-command RTR DO/CLUSTER Show Time ExampleRTR DO/NODE=TR2,TR1 Show Logical Mylogical Flush Namecache Flush Namecache Execute ﬁle-spec Executeﬁle-spec Exit Exit Extend Facility facilityname Extend Facility BACKEND=FETRBE $ RTR RTR SET Environment /NODE=FE,FETRBE$ RTR ROUTER=FETRBE Default for role-list is ROUTER,BACKEND Create Facility Delete Facility Show Facility Trim Facility Initialize Journal LOG LOG RTR LOG/OUTPUT=RTRLOG.LOG Message check here Modify Journal disk-1 ... ,disk-n Modify JournalDisk-1 ... disk-n RTR Modify Journal DISK1$/BLOCKS=3000/MAXIMUMBLOCKS=20000 OpenVMS Example Monitor monitor-ﬁle-spec MonitorMonitor-ﬁle-spec Noidentification D IDENTIFICATION=process-id RTR Monitor TRAFFIC/COUNT=10/OUTPUT=PICTURE.LIS Quit Quit Command-speciﬁer Recall command-speciﬁerRecall Resourcename Register Resource Manager Register RMResourcename 106RTR Command Line Interface Scroll direction amount ScrollDirection Amount SET Environment SET EnvironmentCluster NODE=node-list SET Facility facility-name SET Facility Balance Nobalance RTR SET Facility FINANCE/BALANCE RTR SET Facility FINANCE/QUORUMTHRESHOLD=4 SET Link link-name SET Link Enable Disable Suspect Nosuspect RTR SET Link JOEY/AUTOISOLATE RTR SET Link JOEY/ENABLE SET LOG SET LOG RTR SET LOG/NOFILE/NOOPERATOR RTR SET LOG/FILE=RTRLOG.LOG/OPERATORRTR SET LOG/OPERATOR SET Mode SET ModeGROUP=user-id Nogroup RTR SET MODE/NOGROUP RTR SET MODE/GROUP SET node SET Node RTR SET Node /NOISOLATE SET Partition partition-name SET PartitionPartition-name Restartrecovery RECOVERYRETRYCOUNT=nPRIORITYLIST=backend-node-list Resume Suspend Timeout SET Transaction transaction-id SET Transaction Usage Notes Facility FACILITY=RTR$DEFAULTFACILITY DTransaction-id BEFORE=date 19 Valid Transaction State Changes NewstateSINCE=date RTR SET Transaction /NEW=ABORT /CURRENT=VOTED /PART=DBPART Show Channel channel-name Show ChannelChannel-name RTR Show CHANNEL/ALLWINDOWS RTR$DEFAULTCHANNELClichn CLICHN2 Show Client Show ClientFull none D TEST43 RTR Show CLIENT/FULLCLI Show Display Show Display=column /Y=row Display Numeric RTR MON Calls RTR Show DISPLAY/ALLBlank WIDTH=9 Show Environment Show EnvironmentRTR SET ENVIRONMENT/NODE=FE2,FE3 RTR Show Environment Show Facility facility-name Show FacilityFacility-name State Nostated Link to Airola Frontend Yes Router Backend RTR Show FACILITY/FULL/NODE=BRONZE RTR Show FACILITY/BALANCE Show Journal Show Journal Create Journal Delete Journal Initialize Journal Show KEY key-name Show KEY RTR Show KEY/FULL Show Link node-name Show LinkNode-name RTR Show LINK/FULL Iron Full Show LOG Show LOG RTR Show LOG Show Mode Show Mode RTR Show Mode Show Node Show Node RTR Show Node Show Partition Show Partition20 Key-Range States 21 Router Partition States RTR Show PARTITION/BACKEND RTR Show PARTITION/ROUTER/FULL Show Partition Show Process Show Process Processes Process-id Process Name Show Requester Show RM resourcename Show Resource Manager Show RM Rmid Show RTR Show RTR RTR Show RTR Status D Nostatus Show Segment Show Segment RTR$DEFAULTFACILITY Unsigned Testfac Signed Show Server Show Server22 Key-range States Server Flags SRV RTR Show ServerRTR Show SERVER/FULL Lowerserv Show Transaction Show Transaction24 Transaction Invocation Types 25 Key-Range States RTR Show TRANSACTION/BACKEND/FULL Key-Range StatesReceiving Original Operating-system-command Spawn operating-system-commandSpawn Noutput Start RTR Start RTR BIOLM=io-buffered ASTLM=ast-limit 174RTR Command Line Interface PRCLM=subprocess-limit /PRCLM=10 D Show RTR Stop RTR Stop RTR Stop RTRAbort Show RTR Start RTR Trim Facility facilityname Trim Facility FRONTEND=frontend-list RTR RTR SET Environment /NODE=FE,FETRBE,NFE Nofrontend D Unregister Resource Manager Unregister RM Table A-1 Information Classes Creating Monitor Pictures Example A-1 Interactive Picture Deﬁnition Interactive Deﬁnition of a Monitor Picture Table A-2 Substitution symbols Substitution SymbolsArithmetic Expressions and Operators Test Picture AT Some Data Item Other Data Item Example A-2 Arithmetic Operators Examples Table A-3 Arithmetic Operators in Display Commands Some output has been omitted for clarity Aggregation of Data ItemsPage Primary and Secondary Roles Automatic FeaturesShadow Events RTR Journal System Server Shadowing and Recovery Automatic Features Shadow Site Failure and Journaling Server Shadowing and Recovery RTR Journal System Performance Standby for Shadows Shadows in Action Server Shadowing and Recovery PerformanceApplication Considerations Server States Server Shadowing and Recovery Application ConsiderationsCHAN2 Figure B-2 Server States Server Shadowing and Recovery Server States Client States Server Shadowing and Recovery Client StatesRequester State Transitions CHAN3 Partition States Server Shadowing and Recovery Partition StatesPage XA Support New Qualiﬁer to Create Facility Command XA Support Introduction Microsoft DTC SupportModiﬁed RTR API RTR Open Channel RTR Utility Error Messages RTR Utility Error Messages RTR Utility Error Messages D-3 4RTR Utility Error Messages RTR Utility Error Messages D-5 6RTR Utility Error Messages RTR Utility Error Messages D-7 8RTR Utility Error Messages RTR Utility Error Messages D-9 Explanation RTR Utility Error Messages D-11 12RTR Utility Error Messages RTR Utility Error Messages D-13 Blocks RTR Utility Error Messages D-15 16RTR Utility Error Messages RTR Utility Error Messages D-17 18RTR Utility Error Messages RTR Utility Error Messages D-19 20RTR Utility Error Messages RTR Utility Error Messages D-21 22RTR Utility Error Messages RTR-S-RTRLOGENT, a 24RTR Utility Error Messages RTR Utility Error Messages D-25 26RTR Utility Error Messages RTR log messages 2RTR log messages RTR log messages E-3 4RTR log messages RTR-I-FACSTOPPED, Facility a stopped on local node 6RTR log messages RTR-I-LOGFILENT, a a a 8RTR log messages RTR log messages E-9 10RTR log messages RTR log messages E-11 12RTR log messages RTR log messages E-13 Page Index Index-2 Index-3 Index-4