RE: DR problems after breakdown

Dunno if HDR has changed in 7.31, but in the three server pairs that I administer (which are all on 7.24 right now), we have DRAUTO=0, and whenever the secondary goes down (or I have to TAKE it down, for some reason or other), as soon as I bring it back up with JUST an "oninit" (no onmode command), it pings, reconnects, and re-synchronizes with the primary. Evidently, the DR type is saved and "remembered" when the server comes back up. Maybe, Frederik, it's your "onmode" command after the oninit that is "confusing" the secondary?????? BTW, make sure that all of your DRxxx onconfig parameters are set identically on primary and secondary (see p. 26-9 of the Admin. Guide, ver. 7.3). HTH paul Mosser -----Original Message----- From: Woodall Con [mailto:cwoodall@vth.colostate.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 1:09 PM To: Frederik Ramm Cc: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: DR problems after breakdown You might try splashing around in the manual for the onconfig Data Replication Variables expecially the DRAUTO option. At various times we have been in the same state you describe running AIX. And I believe we were using DRAUTO = 0 for manual. We now use DRAUTO = 1 Now we almost always get a reconnection after simply from the oninit. On occasion we will get a failure to reconnect with errors related to inconsistencies between the primary and the secondary. I believe we only require the onmode command after we have started replication from a level zero archive with the ontape -p. Also, you might take a careful look at the entries in your online.log file before you tried the DR restart. They might provide a clue to your porblem. Be careful to read all the implications of the DRAUTO setting! Good luck Con Woodall Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital Computer Services cwoodall@vth.colostate.edu 970-491-1244 On 21 Oct 1999, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > I have a problem with data replication (HDR). Setting it up works, > and everything runs as expeced; but when the secondary crashes and > I try to restart it (oninit, after that onmode -d secondary...), I > only get: > > 11:00:33 DR: new type = secondary, primary server name = prim_tcp > 11:00:33 DR: Trying to connect to primary server ... > 11:00:36 DR: Secondary server connected > 11:00:37 DR: Failure recovery from disk in progress ... > 11:00:37 DR: Failure during start of logical restore (1) > 11:00:37 DR: Failure recovery error (6) > 11:00:38 DR: Turned off on secondary server > 11:00:38 DR: Failure during start of logical restore (1) > 11:00:38 DR: new type = standard> > I.e. it fails to start up the replication and acts as a standalone > server. I have to do a complete backup of the primary and re-initialize > the secondary with it every time. > > I am using IDS 7.31U on Solaris/x86. > > Thanks for any enlightenment, > Frederik > > -- > Frederik Ramm (frederik@remote.org) >