In addition to the central configuration file, a cluster may also be controlled through a command-line interface available through the management client ndb_mgm. This is the primary administrative interface to a running cluster.
Commands for the event logs are given in Section 6.3, “Event Reports Generated in NDB Cluster”; commands for creating backups and restoring from them are provided in Section 6.8, “Online Backup of NDB Cluster”.
Using ndb_mgm with MySQL Cluster Manager.
MySQL Cluster Manager handles starting and stopping processes and tracks their
states internally, so it is not necessary to use
ndb_mgm for these tasks for an NDB Cluster
that is under MySQL Cluster Manager control. it is recommended
not to use the ndb_mgm
command-line client that comes with the NDB Cluster distribution
to perform operations that involve starting or stopping nodes.
These include but are not limited to the
START
,
STOP
,
RESTART
, and
SHUTDOWN
commands. For more
information, see MySQL Cluster Manager Process Commands.
The management client has the following basic commands. In the
listing that follows, node_id
denotes
either a data node ID or the keyword ALL
, which
indicates that the command should be applied to all of the
cluster's data nodes.
Connects to the management server indicated by the connection string. If the client is already connected to this server, the client reconnects.
CREATE NODEGROUP
nodeid
[,nodeid
, ...]Creates a new NDB Cluster node group and causes data nodes to join it.
This command is used after adding new data nodes online to an NDB Cluster, and causes them to join a new node group and thus to begin participating fully in the cluster. The command takes as its sole parameter a comma-separated list of node IDs—these are the IDs of the nodes just added and started, and that are to join the new node group. The list must contain no duplicate IDs; beginning with NDB 7.5.23 and NDB 7.6.19, the presence of any duplicates causes the command to return an error. The number of nodes in the list must be the same as the number of nodes in each node group that is already part of the cluster (each NDB Cluster node group must have the same number of nodes). In other words, if the NDB Cluster consists of 2 node groups having 2 data nodes each, then the new node group must also have 2 data nodes.
The node group ID of the new node group created by this command is determined automatically, and always the next highest unused node group ID in the cluster; it is not possible to set it manually.
For more information, see Section 6.7, “Adding NDB Cluster Data Nodes Online”.
Drops the NDB Cluster node group with the given
nodegroup_id
.This command can be used to drop a node group from an NDB Cluster.
DROP NODEGROUP
takes as its sole argument the node group ID of the node group to be dropped.DROP NODEGROUP
acts only to remove the data nodes in the effected node group from that node group. It does not stop data nodes, assign them to a different node group, or remove them from the cluster's configuration. A data node that does not belong to a node group is indicated in the output of the management clientSHOW
command withno nodegroup
in place of the node group ID, like this (indicated using bold text):id=3 @10.100.2.67 (5.7.44-ndb-7.5.35, no nodegroup)
DROP NODEGROUP
works only when all data nodes in the node group to be dropped are completely empty of any table data and table definitions. Since there is currently no way using ndb_mgm or the mysql client to remove all data from a specific data node or node group, this means that the command succeeds only in the two following cases:After issuing
CREATE NODEGROUP
in the ndb_mgm client, but before issuing anyALTER TABLE ... REORGANIZE PARTITION
statements in the mysql client.After dropping all
NDBCLUSTER
tables usingDROP TABLE
.TRUNCATE TABLE
does not work for this purpose because this removes only the table data; the data nodes continue to store anNDBCLUSTER
table's definition until aDROP TABLE
statement is issued that causes the table metadata to be dropped.
For more information about
DROP NODEGROUP
, see Section 6.7, “Adding NDB Cluster Data Nodes Online”.ENTER SINGLE USER MODE
node_id
Enters single user mode, whereby only the MySQL server identified by the node ID
node_id
is permitted to access the database.Exits single user mode, enabling all SQL nodes (that is, all running mysqld processes) to access the database.
NoteIt is possible to use
EXIT SINGLE USER MODE
even when not in single user mode, although the command has no effect in this case.Displays information on all available commands.
node_id
NODELOG DEBUG {ON|OFF}Toggles debug logging in the node log, as though the effected data node or nodes had been started with the
--verbose
option.NODELOG DEBUG ON
starts debug logging;NODELOG DEBUG OFF
switches debug logging off.This command was added in NDB 7.6.
Changes the prompt shown by ndb_mgm to the string literal
prompt
.prompt
should not be quoted (unless you want the prompt to include the quotation marks). Unlike the case with the mysql client, special character sequences and escapes are not recognized. If called without an argument, the command resets the prompt to the default value (ndb_mgm>
).Some examples are shown here:
ndb_mgm> PROMPT mgm#1: mgm#1: SHOW Cluster Configuration ... mgm#1: PROMPT mymgm > mymgm > PROMPT 'mymgm:' 'mymgm:' PROMPT mymgm: mymgm: PROMPT ndb_mgm> EXIT $>
Note that leading spaces and spaces within the
prompt
string are not trimmed. Trailing spaces are removed.The
PROMPT
command was added in NDB 7.5.0.Terminates the management client.
This command does not affect any nodes connected to the cluster.
Displays a report of type
report-type
for the data node identified bynode_id
, or for all data nodes usingALL
.Currently, there are three accepted values for
report-type
:BackupStatus
provides a status report on a cluster backup in progressMemoryUsage
displays how much data memory and index memory is being used by each data node as shown in this example:ndb_mgm> ALL REPORT MEMORY Node 1: Data usage is 5%(177 32K pages of total 3200) Node 1: Index usage is 0%(108 8K pages of total 12832) Node 2: Data usage is 5%(177 32K pages of total 3200) Node 2: Index usage is 0%(108 8K pages of total 12832)
This information is also available from the
ndbinfo.memoryusage
table.EventLog
reports events from the event log buffers of one or more data nodes.
report-type
is case-insensitive and “fuzzy”; forMemoryUsage
, you can useMEMORY
(as shown in the prior example),memory
, or even simplyMEM
(ormem
). You can abbreviateBackupStatus
in a similar fashion.node_id
RESTART [-n] [-i] [-a] [-f]Restarts the data node identified by
node_id
(or all data nodes).Using the
-i
option withRESTART
causes the data node to perform an initial restart; that is, the node's file system is deleted and recreated. The effect is the same as that obtained from stopping the data node process and then starting it again using ndbd--initial
from the system shell.NoteBackup files and Disk Data files are not removed when this option is used.
Using the
-n
option causes the data node process to be restarted, but the data node is not actually brought online until the appropriateSTART
command is issued. The effect of this option is the same as that obtained from stopping the data node and then starting it again using ndbd--nostart
or ndbd-n
from the system shell.Using the
-a
causes all current transactions relying on this node to be aborted. No GCP check is done when the node rejoins the cluster.Normally,
RESTART
fails if taking the node offline would result in an incomplete cluster. The-f
option forces the node to restart without checking for this. If this option is used and the result is an incomplete cluster, the entire cluster is restarted.Displays basic information about the cluster and cluster nodes. For all nodes, the output includes the node's ID, type, and
NDB
software version. If the node is connected, its IP address is also shown; otherwise the output showsnot connected, accepting connect from
, withip_address
any host
used for nodes that are permitted to connect from any address.In addition, for data nodes, the output includes
starting
if the node has not yet started, and shows the node group of which the node is a member. If the data node is acting as the master node, this is indicated with an asterisk (*
).Consider a cluster whose configuration file includes the information shown here (possible additional settings are omitted for clarity):
[ndbd default] DataMemory= 128G NoOfReplicas= 2 [ndb_mgmd] NodeId=50 HostName=198.51.100.150 [ndbd] NodeId=5 HostName=198.51.100.10 DataDir=/var/lib/mysql-cluster [ndbd] NodeId=6 HostName=198.51.100.20 DataDir=/var/lib/mysql-cluster [ndbd] NodeId=7 HostName=198.51.100.30 DataDir=/var/lib/mysql-cluster [ndbd] NodeId=8 HostName=198.51.100.40 DataDir=/var/lib/mysql-cluster [mysqld] NodeId=100 HostName=198.51.100.100 [api] NodeId=101
After this cluster (including one SQL node) has been started,
SHOW
displays the following output:ndb_mgm> SHOW Connected to Management Server at: localhost:1186 Cluster Configuration --------------------- [ndbd(NDB)] 4 node(s) id=5 @198.51.100.10 (5.7.44-ndb-7.6.31, Nodegroup: 0, *) id=6 @198.51.100.20 (5.7.44-ndb-7.6.31, Nodegroup: 0) id=7 @198.51.100.30 (5.7.44-ndb-7.6.31, Nodegroup: 1) id=8 @198.51.100.40 (5.7.44-ndb-7.6.31, Nodegroup: 1) [ndb_mgmd(MGM)] 1 node(s) id=50 @198.51.100.150 (5.7.44-ndb-7.6.31) [mysqld(API)] 2 node(s) id=100 @198.51.100.100 (5.7.44-ndb-7.6.31) id=101 (not connected, accepting connect from any host)
The output from this command also indicates when the cluster is in single user mode (see the description of the
ENTER SINGLE USER MODE
command, as well as Section 6.6, “NDB Cluster Single User Mode”).Shuts down all cluster data nodes and management nodes. To exit the management client after this has been done, use
EXIT
orQUIT
.This command does not shut down any SQL nodes or API nodes that are connected to the cluster.
Displays status information for the data node identified by
node_id
(or for all data nodes).Possible node status values include
UNKNOWN
,NO_CONTACT
,NOT_STARTED
,STARTING
,STARTED
,SHUTTING_DOWN
, andRESTARTING
.The output from this command also indicates when the cluster is in single user mode (status
SINGLE USER MODE
).Brings online the data node identified by
node_id
(or all data nodes).ALL START
works on all data nodes only, and does not affect management nodes.ImportantTo use this command to bring a data node online, the data node must have been started using
--nostart
or-n
.Stops the data or management node identified by
node_id
.NoteALL STOP
works to stop all data nodes only, and does not affect management nodes.A node affected by this command disconnects from the cluster, and its associated ndbd or ndb_mgmd process terminates.
The
-a
option causes the node to be stopped immediately, without waiting for the completion of any pending transactions.Normally,
STOP
fails if the result would cause an incomplete cluster. The-f
option forces the node to shut down without checking for this. If this option is used and the result is an incomplete cluster, the cluster immediately shuts down.WarningUse of the
-a
option also disables the safety check otherwise performed whenSTOP
is invoked to insure that stopping the node does not cause an incomplete cluster. In other words, you should exercise extreme care when using the-a
option with theSTOP
command, due to the fact that this option makes it possible for the cluster to undergo a forced shutdown because it no longer has a complete copy of all data stored inNDB
.
Additional commands. A number of other commands available in the ndb_mgm client are described elsewhere, as shown in the following list:
START BACKUP
is used to perform an online backup in the ndb_mgm client; theABORT BACKUP
command is used to cancel a backup already in progress. For more information, see Section 6.8, “Online Backup of NDB Cluster”.The
CLUSTERLOG
command is used to perform various logging functions. See Section 6.3, “Event Reports Generated in NDB Cluster”, for more information and examples. NDB 7.6 addsNODELOG DEBUG
to activate or deactivate debug printouts in node logs, as described previously in this section.For testing and diagnostics work, the client supports a
DUMP
command which can be used to execute internal commands on the cluster. It should never be used in a production setting unless directed to do so by MySQL Support. For more information, see NDB Cluster Management Client DUMP Commands.