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

HP Reliable Transaction Router Version 5.2 for 53.88.17
Windows
• Enables the operator to manage partitions, providing
the ability to:
— Create or delete a partition with a user-specified
name.
—Define a key range definition.
— Select a preferred primary node.
— Select the failover precedence option to choose
between local and cross-site shadow failover.
— Suspend and resume operations to synchronize
database backups with transaction flows.
— Override RTR’s automatic recovery decisions to
allow manual special recovery procedures.
— Specify retry limits for problem transactions.
• 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 Win-
dows as part of a Reliable Transaction Router ap-
plication network (facility).
• Provides client functionality in a production environ-
ment.
• Uses TCP/IP 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 Intel 32 bit system that runs Windows 2003
Server or Windows XP Service Pack 2.
• Disk space requirement: 19 MB
1
• Memory requirements: 5.8 MB
2
SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
• Windows 2003 Server or Windows XP SP2.
• TCP/IP as provided by the operating system
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.
• Use of the RTR XA interface requires ORACLE9 Ver-
sion 9.2.0.2, Microsoft SQL Server 7, or Microsoft
SQL Server 2000.
• Microsoft SQL Server 7 is recommended for use with
the DTC interface.
Reliable Transaction Router applications can be written
using the RTR C or C++ APIs and compiled using
• Microsoft Visual C or C++ Version 6.0 Service Pack
5.
GROWTH CONSIDERATIONS
The minimum hardware/software requirements for any
future version of this product may be different from the
requirements for the current version.
DISTRIBUTION MEDIA
The software and documentation for Reliable Transac-
tion Router are available on CD-ROM. The software
documentation is also available in hardcopy format.
1
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.
2
Basic memory requirements for an unconfigured RTR Application Control Pro-
cess (RTRACP). Additional memory may be required depending on the RTRACP
operating system environment.
3