On 2014-07-30 04:24, Mark Madere wrote:
> Sven,
> 
> I wish I could give you better advice than this:
> 
>     - Do a sogo-backup on each user on each server
>     - Backup both databases
>     - Merge Databases
>     - If users complain restore from sogo-backup on a user by user basis.

With summer breaks and all, half of our users aren't even reachable
right now. I'd prefer to have it solved in a way that doesn't involve
user complaints. :-)

> What database system are you using? 

Right now MySQL 5.5 with Master-Master replication.

> Have you considered a N-way multi-master system like Galera with MySQL or 
> MariaDB?

After this incident, yes. The restore would go straight to the new cluster.

>  In the future you should have at least 3 database nodes to avoid the split 
> brain issue that you now have.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [SOGo] Merging diverged databases
> Date: Monday, July 28, 2014 09:11 AM CDT
> From: Sven Schwedas <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> Organization: TAO Software
> To: [email protected]
> References: <[email protected]>
> 
> 
> 
>> On 2014-07-22 11:39, Sven Schwedas wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I've noticed that during my vacation our (master-master) database
>>> replication failed (for unrelated reasons), and now our SOGo databases
>>> have diverged quite a bit between the servers.
>>>
>>> The good news is that each user exclusively wrote to *one* server, and
>>> both servers have used correct autoincrement values, so there shouldn't
>>> be any conflicts.
>>>
>>> What's the best strategy here to merge the databases? Use sogo-backup
>>> for each user on the correct server, and then restore on a pristine
>>> database? Or can I just merge the databases directly?
>>
>> *bump* Any opinion on this? I'm inclined to use sogo-backup just to be
>> on the safe side, could that lead to any problems?
>>
>> --
>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen, / Best Regards,
>> Sven Schwedas
>> Systemadministrator
>> TAO Beratungs- und Management GmbH | Lendplatz 45 | A - 8020 Graz
>> Mail/XMPP: [email protected] | +43 (0)680 301 7167
>> http://software.tao.at
>>
> 
> 

-- 
Mit freundlichen Grüßen, / Best Regards,
Sven Schwedas
Systemadministrator
TAO Beratungs- und Management GmbH | Lendplatz 45 | A - 8020 Graz
Mail/XMPP: [email protected] | +43 (0)680 301 7167
http://software.tao.at

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