Upgrading Data Grid

Red Hat Data Grid 8.1

Upgrade Data Grid to 8.1

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Abstract

Find out about changes in Data Grid 8.1 that affect migration from previous versions and then complete the steps to upgrade deployments and migrate your data.

Red Hat Data Grid

Data Grid is a high-performance, distributed in-memory data store.

Schemaless data structure
Flexibility to store different objects as key-value pairs.
Grid-based data storage
Designed to distribute and replicate data across clusters.
Elastic scaling
Dynamically adjust the number of nodes to meet demand without service disruption.
Data interoperability
Store, retrieve, and query data in the grid from different endpoints.

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Chapter 1. Performing Rolling Upgrades for Data Grid Servers

Perform rolling upgrades of your Data Grid clusters to change between versions without downtime or data loss. Rolling upgrades migrate both your Data Grid servers and your data to the target version over Hot Rod.

1.1. Setting Up Target Clusters

Create a cluster that runs the target Data Grid version and uses a remote cache store to load data from the source cluster.

Prerequisites

  • Install a Data Grid cluster with the target upgrade version.
Important

Ensure the network properties for the target cluster do not overlap with those for the source cluster. You should specify unique names for the target and source clusters in the JGroups transport configuration. Depending on your environment you can also use different network interfaces and specify port offsets to keep the target and source clusters separate.

Procedure

  1. Add a RemoteCacheStore on the target cluster for each cache you want to migrate from the source cluster.

    Remote cache stores use the Hot Rod protocol to retrieve data from remote Data Grid clusters. When you add the remote cache store to the target cluster, it can lazily load data from the source cluster to handle client requests.

  2. Switch clients over to the target cluster so it starts handling all requests.

    1. Update client configuration with the location of the target cluster.
    2. Restart clients.

1.1.1. Remote Cache Stores for Rolling Upgrades

You must use specific remote cache store configuration to perform rolling upgrades, as follows: 

<persistence passivation="false"> 1
   <remote-store xmlns="urn:infinispan:config:store:remote:11.0"
                 cache="myDistCache" 2
                 protocol-version="2.5" 3
                 hotrod-wrapping="true" 4
                 raw-values="true" 5
                 segmented="false"> 6
      <remote-server host="127.0.0.1" port="11222"/> 7
   </remote-store>
</persistence>
1
Disables passivation. Remote cache stores for rolling upgrades must disable passivation.
2
Matches the name of a cache in the source cluster. Target clusters load data from this cache using the remote cache store.
3
Matches the Hot Rod protocol version of the source cluster. 2.5 is the minimum version and is suitable for any upgrade paths. You do not need to set another Hot Rod version.
4
Ensures that entries are wrapped in a suitable format for the Hot Rod protocol.
5
Stores data in the remote cache store in raw format. This ensures that clients can use data directly from the remote cache store.
6
Disables segmentation for the remote cache store. You should enable segmentation for remote cache stores only if the number of segments in the target cluster matches the number of segements for the cache in the source cluster.
7
Points to the location of the source cluster.

Reference

1.2. Synchronizing Data to Target Clusters

When your target cluster is running and handling client requests using a remote cache store to load data on demand, you can synchronize data from the source cluster to the target cluster.

This operation reads data from the source cluster and writes it to the target cluster. Data migrates to all nodes in the target cluster in parallel, with each node receiving a subset of the data. You must perform the synchronization for each cache in your Data Grid configuration.

Procedure

  1. Start the synchronization operation for each cache in your Data Grid configuration that you want to migrate to the target cluster.

    Use the Data Grid REST API and invoke POST requests with the ?action=sync- data parameter. For example, to synchronize data in a cache named "myCache" from a source cluster to a target cluster, do the following: 

    POST /v2/caches/myCache?action=sync-data

    When the operation completes, Data Grid responds with the total number of entries copied to the target cluster.

    Alternatively, you can use JMX by invoking synchronizeData(migratorName=hotrod) on the RollingUpgradeManager MBean.

  2. Disconnect each node in the target cluster from the source cluster.

    For example, to disconnect the "myCache" cache from the source cluster, invoke the following POST request: 

    POST /v2/caches/myCache?action=disconnect-source

    To use JMX, invoke disconnectSource(migratorName=hotrod) on the RollingUpgradeManager MBean.

Next steps

After you synchronize all data from the source cluster, the rolling upgrade process is complete. You can now decommission the source cluster.

Chapter 2. Migrating Data Between Cache Stores

Data Grid provides a Java utility for migrating persisted data between cache stores.

In the case of upgrading Data Grid, functional differences between major versions do not allow backwards compatibility between cache stores. You can use StoreMigrator to convert your data so that it is compatible with the target version.

For example, upgrading to Data Grid 8.0 changes the default marshaller to Protostream. In previous Data Grid versions, cache stores use a binary format that is not compatible with the changes to marshalling. This means that Data Grid 8.0 cannot read from cache stores with previous Data Grid versions.

In other cases Data Grid versions deprecate or remove cache store implementations, such as JDBC Mixed and Binary stores. You can use StoreMigrator in these cases to convert to different cache store implementations.

2.1. Cache Store Migrator

Data Grid provides the StoreMigrator.java utility that recreates data for the latest Data Grid cache store implementations.

StoreMigrator takes a cache store from a previous version of Data Grid as source and uses a cache store implementation as target.

When you run StoreMigrator, it creates the target cache with the cache store type that you define using the EmbeddedCacheManager interface. StoreMigrator then loads entries from the source store into memory and then puts them into the target cache.

StoreMigrator also lets you migrate data from one type of cache store to another. For example, you can migrate from a JDBC String-Based cache store to a Single File cache store.

Important

StoreMigrator cannot migrate data from segmented cache stores to:

  • Non-segmented cache store.
  • Segmented cache stores that have a different number of segments.

2.2. Getting the Store Migrator

StoreMigrator is available as part of the Data Grid tools library, infinispan-tools, and is included in the Maven repository.

Procedure

  • Configure your pom.xml for StoreMigrator as follows: 

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>org.infinispan.example</groupId>
    <artifactId>jdbc-migrator-example</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <dependencies>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>org.infinispan</groupId>
        <artifactId>infinispan-tools</artifactId>
      </dependency>
      <!-- Additional dependencies -->
    </dependencies>

    <build>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
          <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>1.2.1</version>
          <executions>
            <execution>
              <goals>
                <goal>java</goal>
              </goals>
            </execution>
          </executions>
          <configuration>
            <mainClass>org.infinispan.tools.store.migrator.StoreMigrator</mainClass>
            <arguments>
              <argument>path/to/migrator.properties</argument>
            </arguments>
          </configuration>
        </plugin>
      </plugins>
    </build>
</project>

2.3. Configuring the Store Migrator

Set properties for source and target cache stores in a migrator.properties file.

Procedure

  1. Create a migrator.properties file.

  2. Configure the source cache store in migrator.properties.

    1. Prepend all configuration properties with source. as in the following example: 

      source.type=SOFT_INDEX_FILE_STORE
source.cache_name=myCache
source.location=/path/to/source/sifs

  3. Configure the target cache store in migrator.properties.

    1. Prepend all configuration properties with target. as in the following example: 

      target.type=SINGLE_FILE_STORE
target.cache_name=myCache
target.location=/path/to/target/sfs.dat

2.3.1. Store Migrator Properties

Configure source and target cache stores in a StoreMigrator properties.

Table 2.1. Cache Store Type Property

PropertyDescriptionRequired/Optional

type

Specifies the type of cache store type for a source or target.

.type=JDBC_STRING

.type=JDBC_BINARY

.type=JDBC_MIXED

.type=LEVELDB

.type=ROCKSDB

.type=SINGLE_FILE_STORE

.type=SOFT_INDEX_FILE_STORE

.type=JDBC_MIXED

Required

Table 2.2. Common Properties

PropertyDescriptionExample ValueRequired/Optional

cache_name

Names the cache that the store backs.

.cache_name=myCache

Required

segment_count

Specifies the number of segments for target cache stores that can use segmentation.

The number of segments must match clustering.hash.numSegments in the Data Grid configuration.

In other words, the number of segments for a cache store must match the number of segments for the corresponding cache. If the number of segments is not the same, Data Grid cannot read data from the cache store.

.segment_count=256

Optional

Table 2.3. JDBC Properties

PropertyDescriptionRequired/Optional

dialect

Specifies the dialect of the underlying database.

Required

version

Specifies the marshaller version for source cache stores. Set one of the following values:

* 8 for Data Grid 7.2.x

* 9 for Data Grid 7.3.x

* 10 Data Grid 8.x

Required for source stores only.

For example: source.version=9

marshaller.class

Specifies a custom marshaller class.

Required if using custom marshallers.

marshaller.externalizers

Specifies a comma-separated list of custom AdvancedExternalizer implementations to load in this format: [id]:<Externalizer class>

Optional

connection_pool.connection_url

Specifies the JDBC connection URL.

Required

connection_pool.driver_class

Specifies the class of the JDBC driver.

Required

connection_pool.username

Specifies a database username.

Required

connection_pool.password

Specifies a password for the database username.

Required

db.major_version

Sets the database major version.

Optional

db.minor_version

Sets the database minor version.

Optional

db.disable_upsert

Disables database upsert.

Optional

db.disable_indexing

Specifies if table indexes are created.

Optional

table.string.table_name_prefix

Specifies additional prefixes for the table name.

Optional

table.string.<id|data|timestamp>.name

Specifies the column name.

Required

table.string.<id|data|timestamp>.type

Specifies the column type.

Required

key_to_string_mapper

Specifies the TwoWayKey2StringMapper class.

Optional

Note

To migrate from Binary cache stores in older Data Grid versions, change table.string.* to table.binary.\* in the following properties:

  • source.table.binary.table_name_prefix
  • source.table.binary.<id\|data\|timestamp>.name
  • source.table.binary.<id\|data\|timestamp>.type 
# Example configuration for migrating to a JDBC String-Based cache store
target.type=STRING
target.cache_name=myCache
target.dialect=POSTGRES
target.marshaller.class=org.example.CustomMarshaller
target.marshaller.externalizers=25:Externalizer1,org.example.Externalizer2
target.connection_pool.connection_url=jdbc:postgresql:postgres
target.connection_pool.driver_class=org.postrgesql.Driver
target.connection_pool.username=postgres
target.connection_pool.password=redhat
target.db.major_version=9
target.db.minor_version=5
target.db.disable_upsert=false
target.db.disable_indexing=false
target.table.string.table_name_prefix=tablePrefix
target.table.string.id.name=id_column
target.table.string.data.name=datum_column
target.table.string.timestamp.name=timestamp_column
target.table.string.id.type=VARCHAR
target.table.string.data.type=bytea
target.table.string.timestamp.type=BIGINT
target.key_to_string_mapper=org.infinispan.persistence.keymappers. DefaultTwoWayKey2StringMapper

Table 2.4. RocksDB Properties

PropertyDescriptionRequired/Optional

location

Sets the database directory.

Required

compression

Specifies the compression type to use.

Optional 

# Example configuration for migrating from a RocksDB cache store.
source.type=ROCKSDB
source.cache_name=myCache
source.location=/path/to/rocksdb/database
source.compression=SNAPPY

Table 2.5. SingleFileStore Properties

PropertyDescriptionRequired/Optional

location

Sets the directory that contains the cache store .dat file.

Required 

# Example configuration for migrating to a Single File cache store.
target.type=SINGLE_FILE_STORE
target.cache_name=myCache
target.location=/path/to/sfs.dat

Table 2.6. SoftIndexFileStore Properties

PropertyDescriptionValue

Required/Optional

location

Sets the database directory.

Required

index_location

Sets the database index directory. 

# Example configuration for migrating to a Soft-Index File cache store.
target.type=SOFT_INDEX_FILE_STORE
target.cache_name=myCache
target.location=path/to/sifs/database
target.location=path/to/sifs/index

2.4. Migrating Cache Stores

Run StoreMigrator to migrate data from one cache store to another.

Prerequisites

  • Get infinispan-tools.jar.
  • Create a migrator.properties file that configures the source and target cache stores.

Procedure

  • If you build infinispan-tools.jar from source, do the following:

    1. Add infinispan-tools.jar and dependencies for your source and target databases, such as JDBC drivers, to your classpath.
    2. Specify migrator.properties file as an argument for StoreMigrator.

  • If you pull infinispan-tools.jar from the Maven repository, run the following command:

    mvn exec:java

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