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Table Of Contents
Contents
About the SQLFire User's Guide.................................................................................13
Supported Configurations and System Requirements.............................................15
Part I: Getting Started with vFabric SQLFire............................................1
Chapter 1: Overview of vFabric SQLFire..................................................3
Data Flow Diagram.......................................................................................................................................4
GemFire, Apache Derby, and SQL Components..........................................................................................4
Chapter 2: Understanding the SQLFire Distributed System...................7
vFabric SQLFire Members............................................................................................................................7
Servers, Peer Clients, and Server Groups....................................................................................................8
Discovery Mechanisms.................................................................................................................................8
Group Membership Service..........................................................................................................................8
Replicated Tables and Partitioned Tables.....................................................................................................9
Parallel Execution of Data-Aware Stored Procedures...................................................................................9
Cache Plug-ins for External Data Connections..........................................................................................10
Chapter 3: Installing vFabric SQLFire.....................................................11
Installation Note for vFabric Suite Customers.............................................................................................11
RHEL Only: Install vFabric SQLFire from the VMWare YUM Repository....................................................11
Install vFabric SQLFire from a JAR File......................................................................................................13
Chapter 4: Activating vFabric SQLFire Licensing.................................15
Understand vFabric SQLFire License Options...........................................................................................15
Choose a License Option Based on Topology............................................................................................16
How vFabric SQLFire Manages Licensing..................................................................................................18
Install and Configure vFabric SQLFire Licenses.........................................................................................19
Verify Your License and Check Your License Usage...................................................................................21
Chapter 5: Upgrading vFabric SQLFire..................................................23
RHEL Only: Upgrade vFabric SQLFire from the VMWare YUM Repository...............................................23
Upgrade Issues...........................................................................................................................................24
Chapter 6: Connect to vFabric SQLFire with JDBC Tools.....................25
Chapter 7: Tutorials..................................................................................27
Main Steps..................................................................................................................................................27
Create a SQLFire Cluster...........................................................................................................................27
Connect to the Cluster Using SQLF...........................................................................................................29
Create Replicated Tables and Execute Queries.........................................................................................30
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