Safe process for recreating database after a incremental import #2704
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| * Import performance is important because you have a large amount of data (millions/billions of entities). | ||
| * The database can be taken offline and you have direct access to one of the servers hosting your Neo4j DBMS. | ||
| * The database is either empty or its content is unchanged since a previous incremental import. | ||
| * The database is either empty. |
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This no longer looks like a proper sentence. For the removed incremental import part here are the constraints that apply:
- database is stopped and an incremental import is run from start to end, or
- database is stopped,
preparestep of incremental import is run. Database can potentially be started in read-only mode whilebuildstep of incremental import is run and then finally the database is stopped whilemergestep of incremental is run. To run the stepsprepare,buildandmergesplit like that with taking the db online/offline is a bit complicated so I can't imagine many users doing this, if any.
Also, feel free to rephrase this however you want, if you'd want any of this information in here.
| Starting the clustered database after an incremental import without reseeding or performing the incremental import on a single server while the database remains online on other clustered members may result in unpredictable consequences, including data inconsistency between cluster members. | ||
| To perform an incremental import in a clustered environment first alter the database topology to 1 primary using xref:procedures.adoc#procedure_dbms_recreateDatabase[`dbms.recreateDatabase()`]. | ||
| Then stop the database using xref::database-administration/standard-databases/start-stop-databases.adoc#manage-databases-stop[STOP DATABASE]. |
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I have no knowledge of the steps involved for clustering
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Fixes CONTROL-351