Miscellaneous FailSafe Procedures

This topic describes additional procedures for administering a FailSafe database configuration, carried out from the tlmenu Miscellaneous menu. They include procedures for:

• Logging Off Users and Locking FailSafe Database
• Unlocking FailSafe Database
• Swapping Primary and Secondary Databases (continue FailSafe)
• Stopping the Secondary (break FailSafe)
• Use Alternative FailSafe Link (change from the preferred route to the fallback or vice versa)

Other procedures on the menu are the same as for Miscellaneous Transaction Logging Procedures.

Overview

Additional procedures which are needed to administer FailSafe, but do not come under the general topics of Routine Maintenance, Configuration and Setup, or Database Recovery, are carried out from the tlmenu Miscellaneous menu, displayed by selecting option 4 on the main administration menu. Refer to tlmenu for an overview.

The first two procedures listed on the Miscellaneous menu are detailed in Miscellaneous Transaction Logging Procedures. The remainder (options 3 to 7) are detailed here.

Each procedure, started by selecting a sub-menu option, comprises a sequence of message prompts to guide you through the process. Refer to Replies to Prompts for a description of the required responses.

The FailSafe Miscellaneous Menu is shown below:

Transaction Logging Menu System                 Wed   Jul 11 09:55:38 2007
Database name : fstest1                         Host name : LT-AC14294
State         : Failsafe enabled, primary, inactive
        Miscellaneous
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        1.  Retrieve an Archived Clean Log
        2.  List Active Transactions
        3.  Log Off Users and Lock Failsafe Database
        4.  Unlock Failsafe Database
        5.  Swap Primary and Secondary Databases (continue Failsafe)
        6.  Stop the Secondary (break Failsafe)
        7.  Use Alternative Failsafe Link
        Enter option (1-7) :