Cluster Mode (-cluster)
- Last Updated: March 30, 2020
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Cluster Mode (-cluster)
Use Cluster Mode (-cluster) to startup a cluster-enabled database.
| Operating system and syntax | UNIX / Windows |
-cluster
qualifier
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use with | Maximum value | Minimum value | Single-user default | Multi-user default |
| Database Server | — | — | — | — |
- qualifier
- Direct a broker to start a cluster-enabled database directly, or to
instruct the cluster manager to perform the startup.
The following table describes the cluster mode qualifier.
Table 1. Cluster mode qualifier values Value Description startupInstructs the broker to redirect the startup request to the OS cluster manager. The cluster manager will start the database using the information supplied when the database was enabled for cluster protection. protectedInstructs the broker to start a cluster-enabled database. This qualifier value for -clusteris specified within the database .pf file used by the cluster manager, and indicates that the database will be protected by the cluster manager in the event of a fail-over.Note: This qualifier value must only be used by the cluster manager. It should not be used on the command line or a directly executed script.
Note: All cluster-enabled databases require this parameter. If
used with a database that is not cluster-enabled, the parameter is ignored.
For more information on the cluster manager, see Manage the OpenEdge Database.