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12.1.3. ALTER LOGFILE GROUP Syntax

ALTER LOGFILE GROUP logfile_group
    ADD UNDOFILE 'file_name'
    [INITIAL_SIZE [=] size]
    [WAIT]
    ENGINE [=] engine_name

This statement adds an UNDO file named 'file_name' to an existing log file group logfile_group. An ALTER LOGFILE GROUP statement has one and only one ADD UNDOFILE clause. No DROP UNDOFILE clause is currently supported.

Note

All MySQL Cluster Disk Data objects share the same namespace. This means that each Disk Data object must be uniquely named (and not merely each Disk Data object of a given type). For example, you cannot have a tablespace and an undo log file with the same name, or an undo log file and a data file with the same name.

Prior to MySQL Cluster NDB 6.2.17, 6.3.23, and 6.4.3, path and file names for undo log files could not be longer than 128 characters. (Bug#31769)

The optional INITIAL_SIZE parameter sets the UNDO file's initial size in bytes; if not specified, the initial size default to 128M (128 megabytes). You may optionally follow size with a one-letter abbreviation for an order of magnitude, similar to those used in my.cnf. Generally, this is one of the letters M (for megabytes) or G (for gigabytes).

On 32-bit systems, the maximum supported value for INITIAL_SIZE is 4G. (Bug#29186)

Beginning with MySQL Cluster NDB 2.1.18, 6.3.24, and 7.0.4, the minimum allowed value for INITIAL_SIZE is 1M. (Bug#29574)

Note

WAIT is parsed but otherwise ignored, and so has no effect in MySQL 5.1 and MySQL Cluster NDB 6.x. It is intended for future expansion.

The ENGINE parameter (required) determines the storage engine which is used by this log file group, with engine_name being the name of the storage engine. In MySQL 5.1 and MySQL Cluster NDB 6.x, the only accepted values for engine_name are “NDBCLUSTER” and “NDB”. The two values are equivalent.

Here is an example, which assumes that the log file group lg_3 has already been created using CREATE LOGFILE GROUP (see Section 12.1.14, “CREATE LOGFILE GROUP Syntax”): 

ALTER LOGFILE GROUP lg_3
    ADD UNDOFILE 'undo_10.dat'
    INITIAL_SIZE=32M
    ENGINE=NDBCLUSTER;

When ALTER LOGFILE GROUP is used with ENGINE = NDBCLUSTER (alternatively, ENGINE = NDB), an UNDO log file is created on each MySQL Cluster data node. You can verify that the UNDO files were created and obtain information about them by querying the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.FILES table. For example: 

mysql> SELECT FILE_NAME, LOGFILE_GROUP_NUMBER, EXTRA
    -> FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.FILES
    -> WHERE LOGFILE_GROUP_NAME = 'lg_3';
+-------------+----------------------+----------------+
| FILE_NAME   | LOGFILE_GROUP_NUMBER | EXTRA          |
+-------------+----------------------+----------------+
| newdata.dat |                    0 | CLUSTER_NODE=3 |
| newdata.dat |                    0 | CLUSTER_NODE=4 |
| undo_10.dat |                   11 | CLUSTER_NODE=3 |
| undo_10.dat |                   11 | CLUSTER_NODE=4 |
+-------------+----------------------+----------------+
4 rows in set (0.01 sec)

(See Section 19.21, “The INFORMATION_SCHEMA FILES Table”.)

ALTER LOGFILE GROUP was added in MySQL 5.1.6. In MySQL 5.1 and MySQL Cluster NDB 6.x, it is useful only with Disk Data storage for MySQL Cluster. For more information, see MySQL Cluster Disk Data Tables.