XRDF301 - Managing the RDF Environment
DESCRIPTION
This three-day course begins with an overview of RDF concepts and then covers the planning and configuration of an RDF environment. Students will learn how RDF should be monitored to confirm smooth operations, and how RDF can recover from various problems and errors. Takeover processing is covered in detail. Advanced features, such as triple contingency, RDF network transactions, and lockstep processing , are covered to the extent required by the students. The course also covers the important topic of RDF performance, which can impact both day-to-day operations and the speed of recovery should the primary system fail.

In labs, students will explore all current RDF utilities, including RDFCOM, RDFCHEK, RDFSCAN, RDFSNOOP, and RDIMAGE. Students will initialize, configure, and start their own RDF subsystem, and then investigate various RDF features. They will also simulate a primary system failure and initiate a takeover on the backup system.

Managing the RDF Environment is based on RDF 1.4 and therefore includes the latest upgrades to the product.

This course can be conveniently paired with PLTMF301 - Managing the TMF Environment, which is a two-day course. Scheduling the two courses in the same week (with TMF first) gives students a complete picture of the closely integrated TMF and RDF environments.

Course Duration: 3 days (on-site)

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
NonStop system managers, operators, and disaster recovery specialists. Programmers who develop code using RDF lock stepping will also benefit from deeper insight into the RDF subsystem.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
RDF is HP's core product for disaster recovery on NonStop. If your site is considering RDF, or is using it currently, you need to understand the product intimately. This course covers RDF from A to Z - from the initial planning stage to a takeover by the backup system should disaster strike.

PREREQUISITES
Students should have completed PLTMF301 - Managing the TMF Environment or have equivalent experience with TMF prior to this course.

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COURSE DETAILS
  • Day #1
    • RDF/IMP vs. RDF/IMPX
    • Control subvolumes and files
    • Protection configurations
    • RDF and TMF's auxiliary audit trails
    • AutoSYNC and AutoTMF
    • LAB 1: RDFCOM and the RDF Environment
    • Key configuration decisions
    • Volumes and files to protect
    • Expand link configuration
    • Image-trail volumes
    • SET/ADD commands
    • LAB 2: Configuring RDF
  • Day #2
    • RDF time delay (RTD)
    • INITIALIZE RDF command
    • Configuring, validating, and starting RDF
    • ADD/DELETE volumes
    • Stopping RDF
    • LAB 3: Initializing and Starting RDF
    • STATUS RDF command
    • EMS error messages
    • Database synchronization
    • DDL operations
    • RDF recoverability
    • LAB 4: RDF Functionality
  • Day #3
    • What happens during takeover
    • TAKEOVER command
    • Exception files and RDFSNOOP
    • LAB 5: Takeover Processing
    • Triple contingency
    • RDF networks
    • Lockstep processing
    • LAB 6: RDF Utilities
    • TMF audit-trail throughput
    • Disc AUDITTRAILBUFFER attribute
    • Expand modifiers
    • Secondary image-trail configuration

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