DB_REPLICATE(1) BerkeleyDB Utilities DB_REPLICATE(1)
NAME
db_replicate - Provide replication services
SYNOPSIS
db_replicate [-MVv] [-h home] [-L file] [-P password] [-T num-threads]
[-t secs]
DESCRIPTION
The db_replicate utility is a daemon process that provides replica-
tion/HA services on a transactional environment. This utility enables
you to upgrade an existing Transactional Data Store application to an
HA application with minor modifications.
OPTIONS
-h home
Specify a home directory for the database environment; by
default, the current working directory is used.
-L file
Log the execution of the db_replicate utility to the specified
file in the following format, where ### is the process ID, and
the date is the time the utility was started.
db_replicate: ### Wed Jun 15 01:23:45 EDT 1995
Additionally, events such as site role changes will be noted in
the log file. This file will be removed if the db_replicate
utility exits gracefully.
-M Start the db_replicate utility to be the master site of the
replication group. Otherwise, the site will be started as a
client replica.
-P password
Specify an environment password. Although Berkeley DB utilities
overwrite password strings as soon as possible, be aware there
may be a window of vulnerability on systems where unprivileged
users can see command-line arguments or where utilities are not
able to overwrite the memory containing the command-line argu-
ments.
-T num-threads
Specify the number of replication message processing threads.
-t secs
Specify how often (in seconds) the utility will check for pro-
gram interruption and resend the last log record.
-V Write the library version number to the standard output, and
exit.
-v Turn on replication verbose messages. These messages will be
written to the standard output and will be quite voluminous.
The db_replicate utility does not attempt to create the Berkeley DB
shared memory regions if they do not already exist. The application
that creates the region should be started first, and once the region is
created, the db_replicate utility should be started. The application
must use the DB_INIT_REP and DB_THREAD flags when creating the environ-
ment.
The db_replicate utility uses a Berkeley DB environment (as described
for the -h option, the environment variable DB_HOME, or because the
utility was run in a directory containing a Berkeley DB environment).
In order to avoid environment corruption when using a Berkeley DB envi-
ronment, db_replicate should always be given the chance to detach from
the environment and exit gracefully. To cause db_replicate to release
all environment resources and exit cleanly, send it an interrupt signal
(SIGINT).
EXIT STATUS
The db_replicate utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
ENVIRONMENT
DB_HOME
If the -h option is not specified and the environment variable
DB_HOME is set, it is used as the path of the database home, as
described in DB_ENV->open.
NOTES
This utility is not supported for use with the DB SQL APIs.
SEE ALSO
db_archive(1) db_checkpoint(1) db_deadlock(1) db_dump(1) db_hot-
backup(1) db_log_verify(1) db_load(1) db_printlog(1) db_recover(1)
db_stat(1) db_tuner(1) db_upgrade(1) db_verify(1)
BerkeleyDB 5.3.28 06 December 2016 DB_REPLICATE(1)