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Operations Manual
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  • Operations Manual
  • Manage databases
4.4 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.5

Manage databases

This chapter describes how to create and manage multiple active databases.

This chapter describes the following:

  • Introduction

  • Administration and configuration

  • Queries

  • Error handling

  • Databases in a Causal Cluster

  • Connecting remote databases

Transaction log Introduction

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