RSS to Primary ?
A DBA on IDS 11.70.FC7W2 (Solaris 11) with one primary and four async RSS nodes killed the primary, manually promoted an RSS to HDR secondary and then to primary; the other RSS nodes reconnected and the old primary restarted standalone. He asked whether this is supported. Madison Pruet first said it works as designed, then corrected himself: because async RSS nodes aren't guaranteed current, manually promoting an arbitrary RSS can leave another node further ahead, causing inconsistency and eventual failure — Connection Manager picks the node with the most recent logs, and he asked that a bug be opened. Art Kagel confirmed only sync HDR secondaries are known up to date, but said the manual route is permitted when there's no alternative. The thread ended discussing missing forum emails rather than a formal fix.
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Hi,
We are running Informix 11.70.FC7W2 on Solaris 11. We tested the following
scenario and want to see why it works and if its recommended or not to do
this.
We have 1 informix "source" server with 4 RSS servers connected to it.
1) We brought down the Source server "onmode -ky"
2) Took 1 of the RSS servers and promoted it to HDR (while the primary was
down).
3) Then promoted the HDR server to Primary and all the other RSS servers
reconnected to the new Primary.
4) Then started the original source and it came up fine as a standalone
Is this ok? Should informix allow this? Should Informix allow an RSS to be
promoted to HDR then to Primary even when the original primary is down?
Thank You,
--Dave
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Kinda useful it does, especially if your 'source' has died
Cheers
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
Informix DBA
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 9:16 AM
To: ids@iiug.org
Subject: RSS to Primary ? [37491]
Hi,
We are running Informix 11.70.FC7W2 on Solaris 11. We tested the following
scenario and want to see why it works and if its recommended or not to do
this.
We have 1 informix "source" server with 4 RSS servers connected to it.
1) We brought down the Source server "onmode -ky"
2) Took 1 of the RSS servers and promoted it to HDR (while the primary was
down).
3) Then promoted the HDR server to Primary and all the other RSS servers
reconnected to the new Primary.
4) Then started the original source and it came up fine as a standalone
Is this ok? Should informix allow this? Should Informix allow an RSS to be
promoted to HDR then to Primary even when the original primary is down?
Thank You,
--Dave
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!important; } It is ok and is working as designed.
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On Thursday, July 28, 2016, 6:16 AM, Informix DBA <in4mixdba@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
We are running Informix 11.70.FC7W2 on Solaris 11. We tested the following
scenario and want to see why it works and if its recommended or not to do
this.
We have 1 informix "source" server with 4 RSS servers connected to it.
1) We brought down the Source server "onmode -ky"
2) Took 1 of the RSS servers and promoted it to HDR (while the primary was
down).
3) Then promoted the HDR server to Primary and all the other RSS servers
reconnected to the new Primary.
4) Then started the original source and it came up fine as a standalone
Is this ok? Should informix allow this? Should Informix allow an RSS to be
promoted to HDR then to Primary even when the original primary is down?
Thank You,
--Dave
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!important; } I just reread the original post and have to say that "Nope - it
isn't quite working like it should". The problem is that the server that you
converted to the HDR secondary would not have been fully synchronized. That
means that everything would not have been replicated to it. Since you have
multiple RSS servers that presents a problem because the one that you promoted
might not have had the most current logs. One of the other servers could have
been more advanced than the one that you promoted, and that would create a
problem in which eventually the secondary would crash.
The connection manager can promote an RSS server directly into a primary, but
it first checks to see which RSS server has the most current logs and will
only promote that node. If you manually do this, then you risk creating
inconsistency between the remaining nodes which will eventually result in
server failure.
Please open a bug on this.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
On Thursday, July 28, 2016, 6:31 AM, Madison Pruet <madison_pruet@yahoo.com>
wrote:
It is ok and is working as designed.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
On Thursday, July 28, 2016, 6:16 AM, Informix DBA <in4mixdba@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
We are running Informix 11.70.FC7W2 on Solaris 11. We tested the following
scenario and want to see why it works and if its recommended or not to do
this.
We have 1 informix "source" server with 4 RSS servers connected to it.
1) We brought down the Source server "onmode -ky"
2) Took 1 of the RSS servers and promoted it to HDR (while the primary was
down).
3) Then promoted the HDR server to Primary and all the other RSS servers
reconnected to the new Primary.
4) Then started the original source and it came up fine as a standalone
Is this ok? Should informix allow this? Should Informix allow an RSS to be
promoted to HDR then to Primary even when the original primary is down?
Thank You,
--Dave
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Hi Paul,
Indeed it is useful. Though I forgot to mention we are using RSS in Async
mode. So how does the engine know that all the RSS servers are up to date
and able to convert it to HDR and Primary if it never was in full sync with
the primary? Basically, I see the commands working, though is it supported
by Informix as a proper method of promoting servers when the primary is
down?
--Dave
On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Paul Watson <paul@oninit.com> wrote:
> Kinda useful it does, especially if your 'source' has died
>
> Cheers
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
> Informix DBA
> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 9:16 AM
> To: ids@iiug.org
> Subject: RSS to Primary ? [37491]
>
> Hi,
>
> We are running Informix 11.70.FC7W2 on Solaris 11. We tested the following
> scenario and want to see why it works and if its recommended or not to do
> this.
>
> We have 1 informix "source" server with 4 RSS servers connected to it.
>
> 1) We brought down the Source server "onmode -ky"
> 2) Took 1 of the RSS servers and promoted it to HDR (while the primary was
> down).
> 3) Then promoted the HDR server to Primary and all the other RSS servers
> reconnected to the new Primary.
> 4) Then started the original source and it came up fine as a standalone
>
> Is this ok? Should informix allow this? Should Informix allow an RSS to be
> promoted to HDR then to Primary even when the original primary is down?
>
> Thank You,
>
> --Dave
>
> --001a1145a96ca10ed40538b2c6b5
>
>
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>
>
>
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As Madison pointed out you can run into problems.
Cheers
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
Informix DBA
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 2:16 PM
To: ids@iiug.org
Subject: Re: RSS to Primary ? [37499]
Hi Paul,
Indeed it is useful. Though I forgot to mention we are using RSS in Async
mode. So how does the engine know that all the RSS servers are up to date
and able to convert it to HDR and Primary if it never was in full sync with
the primary? Basically, I see the commands working, though is it supported
by Informix as a proper method of promoting servers when the primary is
down?
--Dave
On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Paul Watson <paul@oninit.com> wrote:
> Kinda useful it does, especially if your 'source' has died
>
> Cheers
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
> Informix DBA
> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 9:16 AM
> To: ids@iiug.org
> Subject: RSS to Primary ? [37491]
>
> Hi,
>
> We are running Informix 11.70.FC7W2 on Solaris 11. We tested the following
> scenario and want to see why it works and if its recommended or not to do
> this.
>
> We have 1 informix "source" server with 4 RSS servers connected to it.
>
> 1) We brought down the Source server "onmode -ky"
> 2) Took 1 of the RSS servers and promoted it to HDR (while the primary was
> down).
> 3) Then promoted the HDR server to Primary and all the other RSS servers
> reconnected to the new Primary.
> 4) Then started the original source and it came up fine as a standalone
>
> Is this ok? Should informix allow this? Should Informix allow an RSS to be
> promoted to HDR then to Primary even when the original primary is down?
>
> Thank You,
>
> --Dave
>
> --001a1145a96ca10ed40538b2c6b5
>
>
>
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>
>
>
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The engine doesn't know that the RSS secondaries are up-to-date. Only HDR
secondaries in Synchronous mode are "KNOWN" to be up-to-date.
That said, as Paul pointed out, if your primary is down and cannot be
brought back up in a reasonable time, and you do not have an HDR secondary
(you should if possible), then you have no choice and Informix permits it.
Art
Art S. Kagel, President and Principal Consultant
ASK Database Management
www.askdbmgt.com
Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/
Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions
and do not reflect on the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am
associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do
those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any
entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves.
On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Informix DBA <in4mixdba@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> Indeed it is useful. Though I forgot to mention we are using RSS in Async
> mode. So how does the engine know that all the RSS servers are up to date
> and able to convert it to HDR and Primary if it never was in full sync with
> the primary? Basically, I see the commands working, though is it supported
> by Informix as a proper method of promoting servers when the primary is
> down?
>
> --Dave
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Paul Watson <paul@oninit.com> wrote:
>
> > Kinda useful it does, especially if your 'source' has died
> >
> > Cheers
> > Paul
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
> > Informix DBA
> > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 9:16 AM
> > To: ids@iiug.org
> > Subject: RSS to Primary ? [37491]
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > We are running Informix 11.70.FC7W2 on Solaris 11. We tested the
> following
> > scenario and want to see why it works and if its recommended or not to do
> > this.
> >
> > We have 1 informix "source" server with 4 RSS servers connected to it.
> >
> > 1) We brought down the Source server "onmode -ky"
> > 2) Took 1 of the RSS servers and promoted it to HDR (while the primary
> was
> > down).
> > 3) Then promoted the HDR server to Primary and all the other RSS servers
> > reconnected to the new Primary.
> > 4) Then started the original source and it came up fine as a standalone
> >
> > Is this ok? Should informix allow this? Should Informix allow an RSS to
> be
> > promoted to HDR then to Primary even when the original primary is down?
> >
> > Thank You,
> >
> > --Dave
> >
> > --001a1145a96ca10ed40538b2c6b5
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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> >
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>
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>
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Thank you all for your input.
I did not get Madison's Post via email, though I checked the forum site at
members.iiug.org/forums/ids/ and I do see his post there. I did not see
his posts in spam and am not filtering. Anyone know why I am not getting
all the emails to gmail? Is there a different way to sign up to get ALL
the emails and posts?
Thank You,
--Dave
On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Paul Watson <paul@oninit.com> wrote:
> As Madison pointed out you can run into problems.
>
> Cheers
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
> Informix DBA
> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 2:16 PM
> To: ids@iiug.org
> Subject: Re: RSS to Primary ? [37499]
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> Indeed it is useful. Though I forgot to mention we are using RSS in Async
> mode. So how does the engine know that all the RSS servers are up to date
> and able to convert it to HDR and Primary if it never was in full sync with
> the primary? Basically, I see the commands working, though is it supported
> by Informix as a proper method of promoting servers when the primary is
> down?
>
> --Dave
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Paul Watson <paul@oninit.com> wrote:
>
> > Kinda useful it does, especially if your 'source' has died
> >
> > Cheers
> > Paul
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
> > Informix DBA
> > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 9:16 AM
> > To: ids@iiug.org
> > Subject: RSS to Primary ? [37491]
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > We are running Informix 11.70.FC7W2 on Solaris 11. We tested the
> following
>
> > scenario and want to see why it works and if its recommended or not to do
> > this.
> >
> > We have 1 informix "source" server with 4 RSS servers connected to it.
> >
> > 1) We brought down the Source server "onmode -ky"
> > 2) Took 1 of the RSS servers and promoted it to HDR (while the primary
> was
>
> > down).
> > 3) Then promoted the HDR server to Primary and all the other RSS servers
> > reconnected to the new Primary.
> > 4) Then started the original source and it came up fine as a standalone
> >
> > Is this ok? Should informix allow this? Should Informix allow an RSS to
> be
>
> > promoted to HDR then to Primary even when the original primary is down?
> >
> > Thank You,
> >
> > --Dave
> >
> > --001a1145a96ca10ed40538b2c6b5
> >
> >
> >
>
> ****************************************************************************
>
> > ***
> > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> ****************************************************************************
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> >
> >
>
> --94eb2c12fb8eed791a0538b6f7eb
>
>
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I also did not see Madison's post. Hmm, I will have the forum email gateway
checked out.
Art
Art S. Kagel, President and Principal Consultant
ASK Database Management
www.askdbmgt.com
Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/
Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions
and do not reflect on the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am
associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do
those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any
entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves.
On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Informix DBA <in4mixdba@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you all for your input.
>
> I did not get Madison's Post via email, though I checked the forum site at
> members.iiug.org/forums/ids/ and I do see his post there. I did not see
> his posts in spam and am not filtering. Anyone know why I am not getting
> all the emails to gmail? Is there a different way to sign up to get ALL
> the emails and posts?
>
> Thank You,
>
> --Dave
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Paul Watson <paul@oninit.com> wrote:
>
> > As Madison pointed out you can run into problems.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Paul
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
> > Informix DBA
> > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 2:16 PM
> > To: ids@iiug.org
> > Subject: Re: RSS to Primary ? [37499]
> >
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> > Indeed it is useful. Though I forgot to mention we are using RSS in Async
> > mode. So how does the engine know that all the RSS servers are up to date
> > and able to convert it to HDR and Primary if it never was in full sync
> with
> > the primary? Basically, I see the commands working, though is it
> supported
> > by Informix as a proper method of promoting servers when the primary is
> > down?
> >
> > --Dave
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Paul Watson <paul@oninit.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Kinda useful it does, especially if your 'source' has died
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
> > > Informix DBA
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 9:16 AM
> > > To: ids@iiug.org
> > > Subject: RSS to Primary ? [37491]
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > We are running Informix 11.70.FC7W2 on Solaris 11. We tested the
> > following
> >
> > > scenario and want to see why it works and if its recommended or not to
> do
> > > this.
> > >
> > > We have 1 informix "source" server with 4 RSS servers connected to it.
> > >
> > > 1) We brought down the Source server "onmode -ky"
> > > 2) Took 1 of the RSS servers and promoted it to HDR (while the primary
> > was
> >
> > > down).
> > > 3) Then promoted the HDR server to Primary and all the other RSS
> servers
> > > reconnected to the new Primary.
> > > 4) Then started the original source and it came up fine as a standalone
> > >
> > > Is this ok? Should informix allow this? Should Informix allow an RSS to
> > be
> >
> > > promoted to HDR then to Primary even when the original primary is down?
> > >
> > > Thank You,
> > >
> > > --Dave
> > >
> > > --001a1145a96ca10ed40538b2c6b5
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> ****************************************************************************
> >
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> > > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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> > >
> > >
> >
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> >
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Begin forwarded message:
On Thursday, July 28, 2016, 10:06 AM, Madison Pruet <madison_pruet@yahoo.com>
wrote:
I just reread the original post and have to say that "Nope - it isn't quite
working like it should". The problem is that the server that you converted to
the HDR secondary would not have been fully synchronized. That means that
everything would not have been replicated to it. Since you have multiple RSS
servers that presents a problem because the one that you promoted might not
have had the most current logs. One of the other servers could have been more
advanced than the one that you promoted, and that would create a problem in
which eventually the secondary would crash.
The connection manager can promote an RSS server directly into a primary, but
it first checks to see which RSS server has the most current logs and will
only promote that node. If you manually do this, then you risk creating
inconsistency between the remaining nodes which will eventually result in
server failure.
Please open a bug on this.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
On Thursday, July 28, 2016, 6:31 AM, Madison Pruet <madison_pruet@yahoo.com>
wrote:
It is ok and is working as designed.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
On Thursday, July 28, 2016, 6:16 AM, Informix DBA <in4mixdba@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
We are running Informix 11.70.FC7W2 on Solaris 11. We tested the following
scenario and want to see why it works and if its recommended or not to do
this.
We have 1 informix "source" server with 4 RSS servers connected to it.
1) We brought down the Source server "onmode -ky"
2) Took 1 of the RSS servers and promoted it to HDR (while the primary was
down).
3) Then promoted the HDR server to Primary and all the other RSS servers
reconnected to the new Primary.
4) Then started the original source and it came up fine as a standalone
Is this ok? Should informix allow this? Should Informix allow an RSS to be
promoted to HDR then to Primary even when the original primary is down?
Thank You,
--Dave
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Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
On Friday, July 29, 2016, 8:24 AM, Art Kagel <art.kagel@gmail.com> wrote:
I also did not see Madison's post. Hmm, I will have the forum email gateway
checked out.
Art
Art S. Kagel, President and Principal Consultant
ASK Database Management
www.askdbmgt.com
Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/
Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions
and do not reflect on the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am
associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do
those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any
entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves.
On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Informix DBA <in4mixdba@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you all for your input.
>
> I did not get Madison's Post via email, though I checked the forum site at
> members.iiug.org/forums/ids/ and I do see his post there. I did not see
> his posts in spam and am not filtering. Anyone know why I am not getting
> all the emails to gmail? Is there a different way to sign up to get ALL
> the emails and posts?
>
> Thank You,
>
> --Dave
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Paul Watson <paul@oninit.com> wrote:
>
> > As Madison pointed out you can run into problems.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Paul
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
> > Informix DBA
> > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 2:16 PM
> > To: ids@iiug.org
> > Subject: Re: RSS to Primary ? [37499]
> >
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> > Indeed it is useful. Though I forgot to mention we are using RSS in Async
> > mode. So how does the engine know that all the RSS servers are up to date
> > and able to convert it to HDR and Primary if it never was in full sync
> with
> > the primary? Basically, I see the commands working, though is it
> supported
> > by Informix as a proper method of promoting servers when the primary is
> > down?
> >
> > --Dave
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Paul Watson <paul@oninit.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Kinda useful it does, especially if your 'source' has died
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
> > > Informix DBA
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 9:16 AM
> > > To: ids@iiug.org
> > > Subject: RSS to Primary ? [37491]
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > We are running Informix 11.70.FC7W2 on Solaris 11. We tested the
> > following
> >
> > > scenario and want to see why it works and if its recommended or not to
> do
> > > this.
> > >
> > > We have 1 informix "source" server with 4 RSS servers connected to it.
> > >
> > > 1) We brought down the Source server "onmode -ky"
> > > 2) Took 1 of the RSS servers and promoted it to HDR (while the primary
> > was
> >
> > > down).
> > > 3) Then promoted the HDR server to Primary and all the other RSS
> servers
> > > reconnected to the new Primary.
> > > 4) Then started the original source and it came up fine as a standalone
> > >
> > > Is this ok? Should informix allow this? Should Informix allow an RSS to
> > be
> >
> > > promoted to HDR then to Primary even when the original primary is down?
> > >
> > > Thank You,
> > >
> > > --Dave
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