Randall Davis wrote:
>
> I have been attempting to synchronize (Netbase Shadow) my 2 3k systems
> for a week now.  Three attempts, three failures.  Quest suggests that I
> am doing everything properly.  My suspect now is TurboStore.  I am a
> 7/24 shop, in that we're an e-commerce company, and my HP3000 is linked
> to the front end web site, and is integral to our order capture
> process.  Thus, no down time is allowed for any reason.  TurboStore was
> purchased before I joined, and based on my understanding of the "true
> online" version of the product began using it for backups.  All my
> attempts at synchronization were using backups created while users were
> accessing the system.  After talking with a few people, I've begun to
> suspect that TurboStore only provides a real online solution for
> Image/SQL if the application has been built with logical transactions
> (i.e. DBBEGINs and DBENDs).  Since my application does not, the
> transactions are not queued by TurboStore, and thus the source of my
> shadow failures.  The question is:  Is my understanding of the way
> TurboStore works correct?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Randall Davis

Hi Randall,


I'm very interested in the current problem you suffer from. Could you
more precisely describe the situation? Infos good to know would be

- version of Netbase (nbvers, version XLNETBSE.PUB.SYS)
- MPE/iX version and powerpatch
- what files are going out of sync (only TImage dbs?)
- is the CM-shell of Netbase active (nbvers.pub.netbase,state) at the
primary?
- do you have enabled the dbs for shadowing (NBTPSUTL)?
- time stamp of 'ONLINE BACKUP # SYNC POINT FINISHED' message at the
console of the primary
- look at the resync timestamp of TImage db BEFORE and AFTER
use of NBSYNC at the secondary (NBDIR, LISTS @[log in to unmask]@,ALL)
- exact steps and sequence of actions/commands you use when trying to
resync

Goetz and me found the timestamp granularity problem of Netbase being
latent if you use TSTORE true online but I think it should be very
unlikely to see in normal ...

Perhaps, we can shed some light to this with these infos?

Holger ;-)