Dear colleagues,
here’s the procedure how to promote new replica instance running pure vanilla 8.1.0.0.0
RECIPE:
- make sure relevant firewall matrix is in place
- connect to Operations Console of the Primary Instance
- go to Deployment Configuration – Instances – Generate Replica Package
- click on Download and browse to the secure location, finish the operation by clicking on Done
- connect to freshly deploy instance and type in the Quick Setup Access code and click on Next
- select Start Replica Quick Setup
- click on Start Step 1
- select appropriate Region and Location, then according to your liking select either Sync to NTP Server (my favourite) or the other option; once NTP IP addresses are in click on Preview Current Date & Time button, this should give you correct time and the time zone; once done click on Next button
- reset Operating System (SLES 11) application user (not root) password, it’s the one which is used when doing SSH-based operations; mind the password policy; once done click on Done
- review the configuration once certain confirm by clicking on Start Configuration button
- wait until the process finishes
- once it’s done click on Begin Attach
- click on Choose File button and browse to the replica package; also check DNS resolution between primary and current replica (both ways), FW: 7002/tcp, 1812/tcp, 1813/tcp should be allowed (both ways) and finally the time has to be synchronized between them; once sure click on Next button
- provide the admin user credentials of primary instance operations console and click on Next button
- if all prerequisites are met, you should see the following screen
- once completed you should be able to access the Operation Console of freshly cooked replica instance
- you may run into SSL issue with the browser, if that’s the case please follow this article
- once connected to Operations Console of the replica let’s check the replication status by going to Deployment Configuration – Instances – Status Report
- if there’s no problem with replication you should see the Normal status like in the screenshot below
