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Creating a Synchronization Task

Updated on 2024-04-11 GMT+08:00

Process

A complete real-time synchronization consists of creating a synchronization task, tracking task progress, analyzing synchronization logs, and comparing data consistency. By comparing multiple items and data, you can synchronize data between different service systems in real time.

A complete real-time synchronization involves the following procedures.

Figure 1 Flowchart

This section describes how to synchronize data from a MySQL database to an RDS for MySQL database. To configure other storage engines, you can refer to the following procedures.

Prerequisites

  • You have logged in to the DRS console.
  • For details about the DB types and versions supported by real-time synchronization, see Real-Time Synchronization.

Procedure

  1. On the Data Synchronization Management page, click Create Synchronization Task.
  2. On the Create Synchronization Instance page, specify the task name, description, and the synchronization instance details, and click Create Now.

    • Task information description
      Table 1 Task and recipient description

      Parameter

      Description

      Task Name

      The task name must start with a letter and consist of 4 to 50 characters. It can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).

      Description

      The description consists of a maximum of 256 characters and cannot contain special characters !=<>'&"\

    • Synchronization instance information
      Table 2 Synchronization instance settings

      Parameter

      Description

      Data Flow

      Select To the cloud. The destination database is a database in the current cloud.

      Source DB Engine

      Select MySQL.

      Destination DB Engine

      Select MySQL.

      Network Type

      Public network is used as an example. Available options: Public network, VPC, VPN or Direct Connect

      • VPC is suitable for data synchronization between cloud databases of the same account in the same region.
      • Public network is suitable for data synchronization from on-premises or external cloud databases to the destination databases bound with an EIP.
      • VPN or Direct Connect is suitable for synchronization of data between on-premises databases and cloud databases, between cloud databases of different accounts in the same region, or between cloud databases across regions.

      Destination DB Instance

      The RDS DB instance you created.

      NOTE:
      • The destination DB instance cannot be a read replica.
      • The source and destination DB instances can be the same DB instance.

      Synchronization Instance Subnet

      Select the subnet where the synchronization instance is located. You can also click View Subnet to go to the network console to view the subnet where the instance resides.

      By default, the DRS instance and the destination DB instance are in the same subnet. You need to select the subnet where the DRS instance resides and ensure that there are available IP addresses. To ensure that the synchronization instance is successfully created, only subnets with DHCP enabled are displayed.

      Synchronization Mode

      Available options: Full+Incremental and Incremental

      • Full+Incremental

        This synchronization mode allows you to synchronize data in real time. After a full synchronization initializes the destination database, an incremental synchronization parses logs to ensure data consistency between the source and destination databases.

        NOTE:

        If you select Full+Incremental, data generated during the full synchronization will be continuously synchronized to the destination database, and the source remains accessible.

      • Full

        All objects and data in non-system databases are synchronized to the destination database at a time. This mode is applicable to scenarios where service interruption is acceptable.

      • Incremental

        Through log parsing, incremental data generated on the source database is synchronized to the destination database.

    NOTE:

    If a task fails to be created, DRS retains the task for three days by default. After three days, the task automatically ends.

  3. After the synchronization instance is created, on the Configure Source and Destination Databases page, specify source and destination database information. Then, click Test Connection for both the source and destination databases to check whether they have been connected to the synchronization instance. After the connection tests are successful, select the check box before the agreement and click Next.

    • Source database information
      Table 3 Source database settings

      Parameter

      Description

      IP Address or Domain Name

      The IP address or domain name of the source database.

      Port

      The port of the source database. Range: 1 – 65535

      Database Username

      The username for accessing the source database.

      Database Password

      The password for the database username. You can change the password if necessary. To change the password, perform the following operation after the task is created:

      If the task is in the Starting, Full synchronization, Incremental synchronization, or Incremental synchronization failed status, in the Connection Information area on the Basic Information tab, click Modify Connection Details. In the displayed dialog box, change the password.

      SSL Connection

      If SSL connection is required, enable SSL on the source database, ensure that related parameters have been correctly configured, and upload an SSL certificate.

      NOTE:
      • The maximum size of a single certificate file that can be uploaded is 500 KB.
      • If SSL is disabled, your data may be at risk.
      NOTE:

      The IP address, port, username, and password of the source database are encrypted and stored in the database and the synchronization instance, and will be cleared after the task is deleted.

    • Destination database information
      Table 4 Destination database settings

      Parameter

      Description

      DB Instance Name

      The RDS DB instance selected during synchronization task creation. This parameter cannot be changed.

      Database Username

      The username for accessing the destination database.

      Database Password

      The password for the database username. You can change the password if necessary. To change the password, perform the following operation after the task is created:

      If the task is in the Starting, Full synchronization, Incremental synchronization, or Incremental synchronization failed status, in the Connection Information area on the Basic Information tab, click Modify Connection Details. In the displayed dialog box, change the password.

      SSL Connection

      If SSL connection is required, enable SSL on the destination database, ensure that related parameters have been correctly configured, and upload an SSL certificate.

      NOTE:
      • The maximum size of a single certificate file that can be uploaded is 500 KB.
      • If SSL is disabled, your data may be at risk.
      NOTE:

      The username and password of the destination database are encrypted and stored in the database and the synchronization instance during the synchronization. After the task is deleted, the username and password are permanently deleted.

  4. On the Set Synchronization Task page, select the conflict policy and synchronization objects, and then click Next.

    Table 5 Synchronization mode and object

    Parameter

    Description

    Flow Control

    You can choose whether to control the flow.

    • Yes

      You can customize the maximum synchronization speed.

      In addition, you can set the time range based on your service requirements. The traffic rate setting usually includes setting of a rate limiting time period and a traffic rate value. Flow can be controlled all day or during specific time ranges. The default value is All day. A maximum of three time ranges can be set, and they cannot overlap.

      The flow rate must be set based on the service scenario and cannot exceed 9,999 MB/s.

    • No
      The synchronization speed is not limited and the outbound bandwidth of the source database is maximally used, which will increase the read burden on the source database. For example, if the outbound bandwidth of the source database is 100 MB/s and 80% bandwidth is used, the I/O consumption on the source database is 80 MB/s.
      NOTE:
      • The flow control mode takes effect only in the full synchronization phase.
      • You can also change the flow control mode after creating a task. For details, see Modifying the Flow Control Mode.

    Incremental Conflict Policy

    The conflict policy refers to the conflict handling policy during incremental synchronization. By default, conflicts in the full synchronization phase are ignored. Select any of the following conflict policies:

    • Ignore

      The system will skip the conflicting data and continue the subsequent synchronization process.

    • Overwrite

      Conflicting data will be overwritten.

    Filter DROP DATABASE

    During real-time synchronization, executing DDL operations on the source database may affect the synchronization performance. To reduce the risk of synchronization failure, DRS allows you to filter out DDL operations. Currently, only the delete operations on databases can be filtered by default.

    • If you select Yes, the database deletion operation performed on the source database is not synchronized during data synchronization.
    • If you select No, related operations are synchronized to the destination database during data synchronization.

    Synchronize

    Normal indexes and incremental DDLs can be synchronized. You can determine whether to synchronize data based on service requirements.

    Start Point

    This option is available if you select Incremental in 2. The logs of the source database are obtained from the position after the start point during an incremental synchronization.

    Run show master status to obtain the start point of the source database and set File, Position, and Executed_Gtid_Set as prompted.

    Synchronization Object

    The left pane displays the source database objects, and the right pane displays the selected objects. You can select Tables, Import object file, or Databases for Synchronization Object as required.

    • If the synchronization objects in source and destination databases have different names, you can map the source object name to the destination one in the right pane. For details, see Mapping Object Names.
      • If the database table name contains characters other than letters, digits, and underscores (_), or the mapped database table name contains hyphens (-) and number signs (#), the name length cannot exceed 42 characters.
    • For details about how to import an object file, see Importing Synchronization Objects.
    NOTE:
    • To quickly select the desired database objects, you can use the search function.
    • If there are changes made to the source databases or objects, click in the upper right corner to update the objects to be synchronized.
    • If the object name contains spaces, the spaces before and after the object name are not displayed. If there are multiple spaces between the object name and the object name, only one space is displayed.
    • The name of the selected synchronization object cannot contain spaces.

  5. On the Process Data page, set the filtering rules for data processing.

    • If data processing is not required, click Next.
    • If data processing is required, select Data filtering, Additional Column, or Processing Columns. For details about how to configure related rules, see Processing Data.

  6. On the Check Task page, check the synchronization task.

    • If any check fails, review the cause and rectify the fault. After the fault is rectified, click Check Again.
    • If all check items are successful, click Next.
      NOTE:

      You can proceed to the next step only when all checks are successful. If there are any items that require confirmation, view and confirm the details first before proceeding to the next step.

  7. On the displayed page, specify Start Time, confirm that the configured information is correct, and click Submit to submit the task.

    Table 6 Task startup settings

    Parameter

    Description

    Start Time

    Set Start Time to Start upon task creation or Start at a specified time based on site requirements.

    NOTE:

    After a synchronization task is started, the performance of the source and destination databases may be affected. You are advised to start a synchronization task during off-peak hours.

  8. After the task is submitted, you can view and manage it on the Data Synchronization Management page.

    • You can view the task status. For more information about task status, see Task Statuses.
    • You can click in the upper-right corner to view the latest task status.
    • By default, DRS retains any task in the Configuration state for three days. After three days, DRS automatically deletes background resources, but the task status remains unchanged. When you configure the task again, DRS applies for resources for the task again. In this case, the IP address of the DRS instance changes.

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