A method and apparatus to provide DBMS restart recovery that allows transactions to access data that does not have restart recovery work pending. Access to data requiring restart recovery work to be performed is restricted, and a transaction is denied access to this data. In another embodiment, the invention...http://www.google.com/patents/US6185699?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6185699 - Method and apparatus providing system availability during DBMS restart recovery
