Cluster Conversion: JDBC-Based Data Store

If the brokers in your conventional cluster are using JDBC-based data stores, use the following procedure to convert to an enhanced cluster. The procedure assumes that individual standalone broker data stores reside on the same JDBC database server.

1. Back up all persistent data in the standalone JDBC-based data store of each broker.

   Use proprietary JDBC database tools.

2. Shut down all client applications.

3. Shut down all brokers in the conventional cluster.

4. Convert each standalone data store to a shared data store.

   Use the Message Queue Database Manager utility (imqdbmgr) subcommand

      imqdbmgr upgrade hastore
   

   to convert an existing standalone JDBC database to a shared JDBC database.

5. Reconfigure all brokers for an enhanced cluster.

   See Enhanced Broker Cluster Properties. It is recommended that you use a cluster configuration file to specify cluster configuration property values, such as the imq.cluster.clusterid, imq.persist.store, and additional shared JDBC database properties.

6. Start all brokers in the enhanced cluster.

   See Connecting Brokers into an Enhanced Cluster.

7. Configure client applications to re-connect to failover brokers.

   Client re-connection behavior is specified by connection handling attributes of the connection factory administered objects (see the Connection Handling). In the case of enhanced broker clusters, the imqAddressList, imqAddressListBehavior, and imqAddressListIterations attributes are ignored, however the imqReconnectAttempts attribute should be set to a value of -1 (unlimited).

8. Start all client applications.

9. Resume messaging operations.