Chapter 3. Migrating data between cache stores

Data Grid provides a Java utility for migrating persisted data between cache stores.

In the case of upgrading Data Grid, functional differences between major versions do not allow backwards compatibility between cache stores. You can use StoreMigrator to convert your data so that it is compatible with the target version.

For example, upgrading to Data Grid 8.0 changes the default marshaller to Protostream. In previous Data Grid versions, cache stores use a binary format that is not compatible with the changes to marshalling. This means that Data Grid 8.0 cannot read from cache stores with previous Data Grid versions.

In other cases Data Grid versions deprecate or remove cache store implementations, such as JDBC Mixed and Binary stores. You can use StoreMigrator in these cases to convert to different cache store implementations.

3.1. Cache store migrator

Data Grid provides the StoreMigrator.java utility that recreates data for the latest Data Grid cache store implementations.

StoreMigrator takes a cache store from a previous version of Data Grid as source and uses a cache store implementation as target.

When you run StoreMigrator, it creates the target cache with the cache store type that you define using the EmbeddedCacheManager interface. StoreMigrator then loads entries from the source store into memory and then puts them into the target cache.

StoreMigrator also lets you migrate data from one type of cache store to another. For example, you can migrate from a JDBC string-based cache store to a RocksDB cache store.

Important

StoreMigrator cannot migrate data from segmented cache stores to:

Non-segmented cache store.
Segmented cache stores that have a different number of segments.

3.2. Getting the cache store migrator

StoreMigrator is available as part of the Data Grid tools library, infinispan-tools, and is included in the Maven repository.

Procedure

Configure your pom.xml for StoreMigrator as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>org.infinispan.example</groupId>
    <artifactId>jdbc-migrator-example</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <dependencies>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>org.infinispan</groupId>
        <artifactId>infinispan-tools</artifactId>
      </dependency>
      <!-- Additional dependencies -->
    </dependencies>

    <build>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
          <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>1.2.1</version>
          <executions>
            <execution>
              <goals>
                <goal>java</goal>
              </goals>
            </execution>
          </executions>
          <configuration>
            <mainClass>org.infinispan.tools.store.migrator.StoreMigrator</mainClass>
            <arguments>
              <argument>path/to/migrator.properties</argument>
            </arguments>
          </configuration>
        </plugin>
      </plugins>
    </build>
</project>

3.3. Configuring the cache store migrator

Set properties for source and target cache stores in a migrator.properties file.

Procedure

Create a migrator.properties file.
Configure the source cache store in migrator.properties.
1. Prepend all configuration properties with source. as in the following example:
```
source.type=SOFT_INDEX_FILE_STORE
source.cache_name=myCache
source.location=/path/to/source/sifs
source.version=<version>
```
Configure the target cache store in migrator.properties.
1. Prepend all configuration properties with target. as in the following example:
```
target.type=SINGLE_FILE_STORE
target.cache_name=myCache
target.location=/path/to/target/sfs.dat
```

3.3.1. Configuration properties for the cache store migrator

Configure source and target cache stores in a StoreMigrator properties.

Table 3.1. Cache Store Type Property
Property	Description	Required/Optional
`type`	Specifies the type of cache store type for a source or target. `.type=JDBC_STRING` `.type=JDBC_BINARY` `.type=JDBC_MIXED` `.type=LEVELDB` `.type=ROCKSDB` `.type=SINGLE_FILE_STORE` `.type=SOFT_INDEX_FILE_STORE` `.type=JDBC_MIXED`	Required

Table 3.2. Common Properties
Property	Description	Example Value	Required/Optional
`cache_name`	Names the cache that the store backs.	`.cache_name=myCache`	Required
`segment_count`	Specifies the number of segments for target cache stores that can use segmentation. The number of segments must match `clustering.hash.numSegments` in the Data Grid configuration. In other words, the number of segments for a cache store must match the number of segments for the corresponding cache. If the number of segments is not the same, Data Grid cannot read data from the cache store.	`.segment_count=256`	Optional

Table 3.3. JDBC Properties
Property	Description	Required/Optional
`dialect`	Specifies the dialect of the underlying database.	Required
`version`	Specifies the marshaller version for source cache stores. Set one of the following values: * `8` for Data Grid 7.2.x * `9` for Data Grid 7.3.x * `10` for Data Grid 8.0.x * `11` for Data Grid 8.1.x * `12` for Data Grid 8.2.x * `13` for Data Grid 8.3.x	Required for source stores only.
`marshaller.class`	Specifies a custom marshaller class.	Required if using custom marshallers.
`marshaller.externalizers`	Specifies a comma-separated list of custom `AdvancedExternalizer` implementations to load in this format: `[id]:<Externalizer class>`	Optional
`connection_pool.connection_url`	Specifies the JDBC connection URL.	Required
`connection_pool.driver_class`	Specifies the class of the JDBC driver.	Required
`connection_pool.username`	Specifies a database username.	Required
`connection_pool.password`	Specifies a password for the database username.	Required
`db.major_version`	Sets the database major version.	Optional
`db.minor_version`	Sets the database minor version.	Optional
`db.disable_upsert`	Disables database upsert.	Optional
`db.disable_indexing`	Specifies if table indexes are created.	Optional
`table.string.table_name_prefix`	Specifies additional prefixes for the table name.	Optional
`table.string.<id\|data\|timestamp>.name`	Specifies the column name.	Required
`table.string.<id\|data\|timestamp>.type`	Specifies the column type.	Required
`key_to_string_mapper`	Specifies the `TwoWayKey2StringMapper` class.	Optional

Note

To migrate from Binary cache stores in older Data Grid versions, change table.string.* to table.binary.\* in the following properties:

source.table.binary.table_name_prefix
source.table.binary.<id\|data\|timestamp>.name
source.table.binary.<id\|data\|timestamp>.type

# Example configuration for migrating to a JDBC String-Based cache store
target.type=STRING
target.cache_name=myCache
target.dialect=POSTGRES
target.marshaller.class=org.example.CustomMarshaller
target.marshaller.externalizers=25:Externalizer1,org.example.Externalizer2
target.connection_pool.connection_url=jdbc:postgresql:postgres
target.connection_pool.driver_class=org.postrgesql.Driver
target.connection_pool.username=postgres
target.connection_pool.password=redhat
target.db.major_version=9
target.db.minor_version=5
target.db.disable_upsert=false
target.db.disable_indexing=false
target.table.string.table_name_prefix=tablePrefix
target.table.string.id.name=id_column
target.table.string.data.name=datum_column
target.table.string.timestamp.name=timestamp_column
target.table.string.id.type=VARCHAR
target.table.string.data.type=bytea
target.table.string.timestamp.type=BIGINT
target.key_to_string_mapper=org.infinispan.persistence.keymappers. DefaultTwoWayKey2StringMapper

Table 3.4. RocksDB Properties
Property	Description	Required/Optional
`location`	Sets the database directory.	Required
`compression`	Specifies the compression type to use.	Optional

# Example configuration for migrating from a RocksDB cache store.
source.type=ROCKSDB
source.cache_name=myCache
source.location=/path/to/rocksdb/database
source.compression=SNAPPY

Table 3.5. SingleFileStore Properties
Property	Description	Required/Optional
`location`	Sets the directory that contains the cache store `.dat` file.	Required

# Example configuration for migrating to a Single File cache store.
target.type=SINGLE_FILE_STORE
target.cache_name=myCache
target.location=/path/to/sfs.dat

Table 3.6. SoftIndexFileStore Properties
Property	Description	Value
Required/Optional	`location`	Sets the database directory.
Required	`index_location`	Sets the database index directory.

# Example configuration for migrating to a Soft-Index File cache store.
target.type=SOFT_INDEX_FILE_STORE
target.cache_name=myCache
target.location=path/to/sifs/database
target.location=path/to/sifs/index

3.4. Migrating Data Grid cache stores

Run StoreMigrator to migrate data from one cache store to another.

Prerequisites

Get infinispan-tools.jar.
Create a migrator.properties file that configures the source and target cache stores.

Procedure

If you build infinispan-tools.jar from source, do the following:
1. Add infinispan-tools.jar and dependencies for your source and target databases, such as JDBC drivers, to your classpath.
2. Specify migrator.properties file as an argument for StoreMigrator.
If you pull infinispan-tools.jar from the Maven repository, run the following command:
mvn exec:java

Chapter 3. Migrating data between cache stores

3.1. Cache store migrator

3.2. Getting the cache store migrator

3.3. Configuring the cache store migrator

3.3.1. Configuration properties for the cache store migrator

3.4. Migrating Data Grid cache stores

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