HP Reliable Transaction Router Version 5.2 for OpenVMS (March 2010)

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HP Reliable Transaction Router Version 5.2 for 51.04.19

OpenVMS

• Enables the operator to selectively inspect, modify

the state of, or remove transactions from the journal

or the running RTR system.

• Supports anonymous clients, that is, allows clients to

be conﬁgured with wildcarded node names.

• Supports compression and decompression of broad-

cast event and transaction reply data to improve net-

work throughput.

• Supports failover between multiple IP addresses for

any host machine with multiple network adapters.

Frontend Features

• Provides the ability for the client to start transaction

branches, where the global transaction may be con-

trolled by RTR.

• Provides the necessary environment to run Reliable

Transaction Router client applications under Open-

VMS as part of a Reliable Transaction Router appli-

cation network (facility).

• Provides client functionality in a production environ-

ment.

• Uses HP TCP/IP IPv4 as the underlying network

transport.

• Supports transactional and broadcast (nontransac-

tional) messages.

• Supports router load balancing in a facility.

• Supports automatic router failover in the event of a

communication link failure.

• Supports Reliable Transaction Router system man-

agement operations.

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

Any hardware that supports the OpenVMS operating

system. Refer to the OpenVMS Operating System Soft-

ware Product Description (SPD 82.35.xx) for further in-

formation.

• Disk space requirement: 53000 blocks to install,

36000 blocks after installation

• Memory requirements: 5.8 MB

This count refers to the minimum disk space required on the system disk. The size

is approximate; actual size may vary depending on the user’s system environment,

conﬁguration, and software.

Basic memory requirements for an unconﬁgured RTR Application Control Pro-

cess (RTRACP). Additional memory may be required depending on the RTRACP

operating system environment.

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

To qualify for a software support contract, you must have

one of the following versions of the OpenVMS operating

system:

• OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-2 or 8.2 or 8.3

• OpenVMS Integrity servers Version 8.2-1 or 8.3

• HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS (SPD 46.46.xx)

The following table lists versions of the networking prod-

ucts supported for each version of OpenVMS:

OpenVMS TCP/IP

Alpha 7.3-2 5.4

Alpha 8.2 5.5

Alpha 8.3 5.6

Integrity servers 8.2-1 5.5

Integrity servers 8.3 5.6

CLUSTER ENVIRONMENT

This layered product is fully supported when installed on

any valid and licensed VMScluster con ﬁguration without

restrictions. The HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS sec-

tion of this product’s Software Product Description de-

tails any special hardware required by this product.

VMScluster conﬁgurations are fully described in the

VMScluster Software Product Description (SPD 29.78.xx)

and include CI, Ethernet, and Mixed Interconnect con-

ﬁgurations.

OPTIONAL SOFTWARE

• Remote execution software to support system man-

agement from remote nodes.

• Microsoft-supported Windows-based browser for

system management running on a Windows PC: In-

ternet Explorer Version 6.0 and higher.

Reliable Transaction Router applications can be written

using the RTR C or C++ APIs and compiled using HP

C and C++ compilers.

– For more information, see the C Software Product

Description, SPD 25.38.xx.

– For more information, see the C++ Software Product

Description, SPD 70.57.xx.