1<!--$Id: repmgr_ack_policy.so,v 1.6 2008/01/30 20:14:30 sue Exp $--> 2<!--Copyright (c) 1997,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.--> 3<!--See the file LICENSE for redistribution information.--> 4<html> 5<head> 6<title>Berkeley DB: DB_ENV->repmgr_set_ack_policy</title> 7<meta name="description" content="Berkeley DB: An embedded database programmatic toolkit."> 8<meta name="keywords" content="embedded,database,programmatic,toolkit,btree,hash,hashing,transaction,transactions,locking,logging,access method,access methods,Java,C,C++"> 9</head> 10<body bgcolor=white> 11<table width="100%"><tr valign=top> 12<td> 13<b>DB_ENV->repmgr_set_ack_policy</b> 14</td> 15<td align=right> 16<a href="../api_c/api_core.html"><img src="../images/api.gif" alt="API"></a> 17<a href="../ref/toc.html"><img src="../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a></td> 18</tr></table> 19<hr size=1 noshade> 20<tt> 21<b><pre> 22#include <db.h> 23<p> 24int 25DB_ENV->repmgr_set_ack_policy(DB_ENV *env, int ack_policy); 26<p> 27int 28DB_ENV->repmgr_get_ack_policy(DB_ENV *env, int *ack_policyp); 29</pre></b> 30<hr size=1 noshade> 31<b>Description: DB_ENV->repmgr_set_ack_policy</b> 32<p>The DB_ENV->repmgr_set_ack_policy method specifies how master and client sites 33will handle acknowledgment of replication messages which are necessary 34for "permanent" records. The current implementation requires all 35sites in a replication group configure the same acknowledgement 36policy.</p> 37<p>The database environment's replication subsystem may also be configured using the 38environment's <a href="../ref/env/db_config.html#DB_CONFIG">DB_CONFIG</a> file. The syntax of the entry in that 39file is a single line with the string "repmgr_set_ack_policy", one or more whitespace 40characters, and the <b>ack_policy</b> parameter specified as a string. 41For example, "repmgr_set_ack_policy DB_REPMGR_ACKS_ALL". 42Because the <a href="../ref/env/db_config.html#DB_CONFIG">DB_CONFIG</a> file is read when the database environment 43is opened, it will silently overrule configuration done before that 44time.</p> 45<p>The DB_ENV->repmgr_set_ack_policy method configures a database environment, not only operations 46performed using the specified <a href="../api_c/env_class.html">DB_ENV</a> handle.</p> 47<p>The DB_ENV->repmgr_set_ack_policy method may be called at any time during the life of the 48application.</p> 49<p>The DB_ENV->repmgr_set_ack_policy method 50returns a non-zero error value on failure 51and 0 on success. 52</p> 53<b>Parameters</b> <br> 54 <b>ack_policy</b><ul compact><li>The <b>ack_policy</b> parameter must be set to one of the following 55values:</ul> 56<br> 57<b><a name="DB_REPMGR_ACKS_ALL">DB_REPMGR_ACKS_ALL</a></b><ul compact><li>The master should wait until all replication clients have acknowledged 58each permanent replication message.</ul> 59<b><a name="DB_REPMGR_ACKS_ALL_PEERS">DB_REPMGR_ACKS_ALL_PEERS</a></b><ul compact><li>The master should wait until all electable peers have acknowledged each 60permanent replication message (where "electable peer" means a client 61capable of being subsequently elected master of the replication 62group).</ul> 63<b><a name="DB_REPMGR_ACKS_NONE">DB_REPMGR_ACKS_NONE</a></b><ul compact><li>The master should not wait for any client replication message 64acknowledgments.</ul> 65<b><a name="DB_REPMGR_ACKS_ONE">DB_REPMGR_ACKS_ONE</a></b><ul compact><li>The master should wait until at least one client site has acknowledged 66each permanent replication message.</ul> 67<b><a name="DB_REPMGR_ACKS_ONE_PEER">DB_REPMGR_ACKS_ONE_PEER</a></b><ul compact><li>The master should wait until at least one electable peer has 68acknowledged each permanent replication message (where "electable peer" 69means a client capable of being subsequently elected master of the 70replication group).</ul> 71<b><a name="DB_REPMGR_ACKS_QUORUM">DB_REPMGR_ACKS_QUORUM</a></b><ul compact><li>The master should wait until it has received acknowledgements from the 72minimum number of electable peers sufficient to ensure that the effect 73of the permanent record remains durable if an election is held (where 74"electable peer" means a client capable of being subsequently elected 75master of the replication group). This is the default acknowledgement 76policy.</ul> 77<br> 78<p>Waiting for client acknowledgements is always limited by the 79<a href="../api_c/rep_timeout.html#DB_REP_ACK_TIMEOUT">DB_REP_ACK_TIMEOUT</a> specified by <a href="../api_c/rep_timeout.html">DB_ENV->rep_set_timeout</a>.</p> 80<br> 81<hr size=1 noshade> 82<b>Description: DB_ENV->repmgr_get_ack_policy</b> 83<p>The DB_ENV->repmgr_get_ack_policy method returns the replication manager's client acknowledgment policy.</p> 84<p>The DB_ENV->repmgr_get_ack_policy method may be called at any time during the life of the 85application.</p> 86<p>The DB_ENV->repmgr_get_ack_policy method 87returns a non-zero error value on failure 88and 0 on success. 89</p> 90<b>Parameters</b> <br> 91 <b>ack_policyp</b><ul compact><li>The DB_ENV->repmgr_get_ack_policy method returns the 92replication manager's client acknowledgment policy in <b>ack_policyp</b>.</ul> 93<br> 94<hr size=1 noshade> 95<br><b>Class</b> 96<a href="../api_c/env_class.html">DB_ENV</a> 97<br><b>See Also</b> 98<a href="../api_c/rep_list.html">Replication and Related Methods</a> 99</tt> 100<table width="100%"><tr><td><br></td><td align=right> 101<a href="../api_c/api_core.html"><img src="../images/api.gif" alt="API"></a><a href="../ref/toc.html"><img src="../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a> 102</td></tr></table> 103<p><font size=1>Copyright (c) 1996,2008 Oracle. 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