Changeset 1986 for trunk/server

Timestamp:

Sep 19, 2011, 6:55:12 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

geofft

Message:

Fix notes about changelog initialization

File:

• trunk/server/doc/install-ldap (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/server/doc/install-ldap

@@ -174 +174 @@
        set up the servers' changelogs properly.
 
-       Until this step is complete, no changes (other than the replica
-       refresh, to initially populate the new server) should be sent, or
-       you risk the cluster's replication agreements falling apart.
-       Possibly disabling Pony for the duration of this setup is a good
-       plan.
+       If this step is not completed before any server's LDAP server
+       shuts down, then the replication agreements will fall apart the
+       next time a change is made. You may wish to intentionally reboot
+       any servers that look like they want to crash _before_ beginning
+       this process.
 
   Here's how you do it.
 
-    0. Disable Pony (we don't have a particularly good way of doing
-       this at the moment), and tell -c scripts you're doing this and
-       not to go off and make changes to the database until you're done.
+    0. Tell -c scripts not to go off and reboot servers until you're
+       done (or to get any rebooting done with first).
 
     1. Pull open the replication part of the database. It's fairly empty
@@ -317 +316 @@
     also good for making sure the replication agreements actually work.
 
-    9. Re-enable Pony and celebrate on -c scripts.
-
 Troubleshooting
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