Gerrard Geldenhuis wrote: > > Hi > > I have been doing some testing to see how a database(netscapedb) will > catch up with replicated changes when the server has been shutdown > and/or broken. > > > > My test is very basic: > > Shutdown master2 > > Add an entry to netscapedb on master1 > > Bring up master2 > > Tail error log for replication messages and check console on master2 > for presence of data. > > > > I know this is imprecise but my observation has been so far that if > master2 was down for a short period of time it will automatically > catch up but if it were down for a longer period of time (more than an > hour) and I bring it up, new updates are not automatically send. I > have to click on send updates in the 389-console for the latest > changes to be reflected. > How long do you wait? Replication should wait at most 5 minutes. > > > > Is there more definitive rules that govern when a database will be > updated automatically and when the process becomes manual? > Replication uses an exponential backoff strategy if the consumer is down. That is, it will wait 1 second, try again, then wait 2 seconds, try again, then wait 4 seconds, try again, etc. until it hits 5 minutes. > > > > Best Regards > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > In order to protect our email recipients, Betfair Group use SkyScan from > MessageLabs to scan all Incoming and Outgoing mail for viruses. > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > 389 users mailing list > 389-users at lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users
