GT.M Administration and Operations Guide

Table of Contents

About This Manual

Intended Audience

Purpose of the Manual

How to Use This Manual

Overview

Examples

1. About GT.M

Hardware/Operating System Environment

Installation

Security

Program Development Environment

Data Management System

GT.M Utilities

Database Integrity

Interprocess Communication

2. Installing GT.M

GT.M Distribution Media

Installation Procedures

3. Basic Operations

Before You Start

Providing Access to GT.M

Running GT.M

4. Global Directory Editor

GDE Overview

Global Directories

Using GDE

Global Directory Editor Commands

Name, Region, and Segment Qualifiers

GDE Command Summary

5. MUPIP

Operating In MUPIP

MUPIP Commands and Qualifiers

MUPIP Command Summary

6. GT.M Journaling

Deciding Whether to Use Journaling

Setting Up for Journaling

Journal File Operations

GT.M Language Extensions for Journaling

MUPIP Set

MUPIP JOURNAL

7. Database Replication

Theory of Operation

Implementing Replication and Recovery

Commands and Qualifiers

8. M Lock Utility

Operating in LKE

LKE Commands and Qualifiers

LKE Command Summary

9. Database Structure Editor

Operating in DSE

DSE Commands and Qualifiers

DSE Command Summary

10. Greystone Database Structure

Database File Organization

Database File Header

MLOCK Space

Bitmaps

Database Structure

11. Maintaining Database Integrity

Verifying Database Integrity

Approaches to Database Recovery

Repairing the Database with DSE

Finding and Fixing Database Errors

12. Raw Partitions

Setting Up a Raw Partition

Reinitializing a Partition

Backing Up Raw Partitions

Journaling Issues

Restrictions

A. Appendix

Programs

Checking IPC Resources

Index