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- Move the entire datafile FROM the Primary Server TO the Mirror Server. This includes the following files:
- Datafile.4DD
- Datafile.4DIndx
- Datafile.4DSyncData
- Datafile.4DSyncHeader
- Datafile.Match
- Datafile.journal
- Create a text file called isMirrorServer.txt in the /Server Database/Resources/ folder.
Create copy.bat file with robocopy or /copy/delete rules that will copy the journal files from the Primary Server to the folder path specified in your mirror.mirrorLogFileFolder setting.
Info Example script:
copy \\primaryserver\Data\*[*.journal E:\DVMaxResearch\Server\Data\ /y
del \\primaryserver\Data\*[*.journal- Create a task with Windows Task Scheduler to run the copy.bat at 5 minute intervals.
- Launch the DVMAX Server application on the Mirror Server.
- Point it to the datafile copy you placed on this machine from the Primary Server.
- Go to the Edit menu and choose Database Settings.
- Click the Backup icon.
- Click the Configuration tab
- Uncheck Use Log File.
- Click the Scheduler tab.
- Set the Automatic Backup Schedule to Daily and select a time. Click OK.
- Quit the Mirror Server application, and relaunch it as a service.
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