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AdministeringIn addition to administering the database server, you can tune performance, replicate data, and archive data.
System administrationThese topics contain concepts, procedures, and reference information for database and database server administrators to use for managing and tuning HCL OneDB™ database servers.
Administrator's GuideThe HCL OneDB™ Administrator's Guide provides the information required to administer HCL OneDB™.
High availability and scalabilityA successful production environment requires database systems that are always available, with minimal if any planned outages, and that can be scaled quickly and easily as business requirements change.
Cluster failover, redirection, and restorationTo maintain availability, you must plan for the failover of primary servers, redirecting client connections from unavailable servers, and restoring the cluster to its original configuration after a failure.
Redirection and connectivity for data-replication clientsWhen any server in a high-availability cluster becomes unavailable, any client connections to it should be redirected to an available server. The best way to handle connection redirection is to use Connection Manager to automatically reconnect client connections to the servers that you specify in service level agreements. Alternatively, you can control connection redirection with environment variables or connection information.
Redirecting clients automatically with the DBPATH environment variableYou can use the DBPATH environment variable in applications to redirect connections.

Redirecting clients automatically with the DBPATH environment variable

You can use the DBPATH environment variable in applications to redirect connections.

What the administrator must do

Administrators take no action to redirect clients, but they might be required to attend to the type of the database server.

What the user must do

If your applications contain code that tests if a connection has failed and issues a reconnect statement if necessary, redirection is handled automatically. The user has no responsibilities.

If your applications do not include such code, users who are running clients must quit and restart all applications.