Internals

Tungsten includes a number of different systems and elements to provide the core services and functionality. Some of these are designed only to be customer-configured. Others should be changed only on the advice of Continuent support. This chapter covers a range of different systems that are designated as internal features and functionality.

This chapter contains information on the following sections:

• "Extending Backup and Restore Behavior" - details on how the backup scripts operate and how to write custom backup scripts.
• "Character Sets in Database and Tungsten" - covers how character sets affect replication and command-line tool output.
• "Understanding Replication of Date/Time Values" - covers how timezone differences can impact replication.
• "Tungsten Tracking Schema" - covers the internal tracking schema.