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Recovering from a System or Software Abort

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File recovery after a system or software abort is provided automatically through transaction management. After a file has been created with the BUILD command or has been created and loaded using the HPFOPEN or FOPEN intrinsics, it is attached to system logging. If processing of a transaction is interrupted prior to its logical completion, the transaction is rolled back before processing is allowed to continue. A transaction is rolled back in the following cases:
  • A system abort occurs.

  • A process with an active logical transaction aborts.

  • A transaction aborts.

  • A transaction causes a deadlock condition.

If a KSAM file is created and loaded using FCOPY's NEW option, or an HPFOPEN or FOPEN intrinsic call, transaction logging is not attached until the file is closed. This provides a fast load mode that loads the file more quickly than if transaction logging was invoked. An abort during this load process, however, is not logged. If an abort occurs when creating and loading a file with FCOPY's NEW option or with the HPFOPEN or FOPEN intrinsic, restart the file loading process.

To protect initial loading, use the BUILD command to create the file. The file is attached to transaction management when the BUILD command is used. A file can also be attached manually by creating and loading the file with the HPFOPEN intrinsic and specifying the DOMAIN=CREATE option. With this option, the file is attached and system logging begins with the first access.




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