NonStop Transaction Management Facility Operations and Management Training

• NonStop S-series Server Administration I and NonStop S-series Server Administration II

or

• NonStop NS-series Server Administration I and NonStop NS-series Server Administration II

or

• Concepts and Facilities for NonStop Systems

and

• System management experience on NonStop K-series, S-series, or NS-series servers

Audience

• Database administrators
• System managers
• System operators
• Technical support analysts

• Recognize which system and software components are necessary for NonStop TMF to provide both minimum and full protection functions
• Plan, write, and execute a NonStop TMF configuration with and without file recovery
• Choose the appropriate values for the NonStop TMF configuration attributes based upon your particular needs
• Use the appropriate TMFCOM commands to perform routine maintenance on NonStop TMF objects

Benefits to you

• Learn how to use the appropriate TMFCOM commands to perform monitoring and configuration activities and routine maintenance on NonStop TMF objects
• Improve operational efficiencies by gaining valuable hands-on experience running and configuring TMF
• Learn how to recover from accidental or intentional database modification or deletion by enabling your applications to use NonStop TMF software

Module 1 - Introduction to Transaction Management

• Challenges and solutions in maintaining an online database
• Purpose and function of the different database protection strategies
• Protection terms and concepts associated with a database
• Lab: data integrity

Module 2 - NonStop TMF Components

• Major software and system components of NonStop TMF and their functions
• System and software components necessary for NonStop TMF to provide both minimum protection and full protection functions
• Database protection fundamental design of NonStop server hardware and software

Module 3 - NonStop TMF Configuration Planning and Installation

• NonStop TMF configuration examples with and without file recovery
• Choosing appropriate values for the NonStop TMF configuration attributes
• Subsystem and application impact of specific operations
• Lab: utilities for NonStop TMF operations

Module 4 - NonStop TMF Operations Overview

• Routine and corrective NonStop TMF operations and management tasks
• Display information from TMFCOM commands
• Use of other system utilities to perform NonStop TMF proactive tasks

Module 5 - NonStop TMF Catalog Operations

• TMFCOM commands to use and manipulate the NonStop TMF catalog
• Labs: NonStop TMF labeled tape processing; NonStop TMF dumps and file recovery; NonStop TMF dump operations

Module 6 - NonStop TMF Data Volume Operations

• Data volume manipulations
• Online dumps
• Volume recovery

Module 7 - NonStop TMF Audit Trail Operations

• Multivolume audit trails
• Audit trail volume manipulations
• Audit trail files
• Overflow volumes
• Restore volumes
• File recovery
• Labs: NonStop TMF operator messages; NonStop TMF configuration; NonStop TMF data volumes; NonStop TMF audit trail operations

Module 8 - NonStop TMF Transaction Operations

• Local transactions
• Distributed transactions
• Heterogeneous transactions
• Transaction thresholds