
Data Consistency, Recovery, and Migration 4-5
In This Chapter
Several OnLine tasks that are critical to long-term operation are performed
automatically. As administrator, you might find it interesting and helpful to
understand what these tasks are and why they are important.
Consistency-checking code has been implemented throughout the OnLine
producttohelpalertadministratorstooccurrencesofdatainconsistency.The
function of the code is, at minimum, to write messages to the OnLine
messagelogifinconsistenciesaredetected.Administratorscanalsoaskusers
to setconsistency-checking environment variablesthat willdirect OnLine to
generate diagnostic output if inconsistencies are detected.
SeveralOnLinefeaturesprovidefordatarecovery.Thischapterexplainshow
each feature works, both independentlyand with other features, to preserve
and restore data in the event of operating system or media failure.
This chapter compares four migration methods to help you select the best
migration method for the task. Following the comparison of the migration
methods, each method is explained step-by-step.
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