On Jan 12, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Lawrence Sorrillo wrote: > Hi: > > I want to ensure that right after the reload that the same data is present in > both the master and the slave. They are in perfect sync. Then I think its > safe to consider starting binary logging and replication etc. And after these > are started, changes can start? > > And in setting up replication in this manner I would not use the CHANGE > MASTER... I will just > > master-host=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > master-connect-retry=60 > master-user=auser > master-password=apassword > > in the my.cnf file and restart the slave server. From there it should start > reading the binary logs and committing changes properly. > > Is this correct?
You're upgrading to MySQL 5.1, for which several of those options no longer have any effect. Better to use CHANGE MASTER. See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/replication-options-slave.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-17.html -- Paul DuBois Sun Microsystems / MySQL Documentation Team Madison, Wisconsin, USA www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
