Technote on broken streaming cluster replication issue in R8 gets new information

Andy Pedisich   August 14 2008 08:53:17 AM

I originally picked up on Technote 1304671  back on July 1st, 2008 while preparing to speak at the San Franciso ND8 Upgrade Seminar for The View.  I found it to be a bit disturbing.  I was thinking, "How the heck do you know you're having this problem in the first place?"  And yes, I do sometimes save Technotes in my journal so they'll be readily accessible for clients.

Well, the Technote was modified again on August 4th, and included this new piece of information to help you determine if you're got the streaming replication heebie jeebies.

In addition, you may also receive the following error:

"ClientSCR: Error reading SCR object: RRV=xxxx Error-Invalid or nonexistent document"

If you're as nervous about this as I am, you can turn streaming replication off as pointed out in the article.

If you want to disable SCR completely and use regular clustered replication, do the following:

1. Add the following debug parameter in your notes.ini file:
  DEBUG_SCR_DISABLED=1 (must be implemented on all cluster mates)
2. Clear the replication history.

Also, I think that the DEBUG_SCR=128 is a bit heavy handed and will pretty much flood what you're watching.  127 seems to do the trick just fine.

While the Technote does make me uncomfortable, it also is an indication that the problem is being worked on.  I'll bet a dollar that the problem won't be around in future versions of Domino and that a fix is on the way.  It's too much of a desirable core feature for IBM/Lotus to let sit this way.

Meantime, perhaps you should just turn the thing off until we get more information.

- Andy


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08:53:17 AM August 14 2008