Applying, auditing, and controlling Online DDL
Vitess provides two interfaces to interacting with Online DDL:
- SQL commands, via
VTGate - Command line interface, via
vtctl
Supported interactions are:
- Running migrations (submitting Online DDL requests)
- Tracking migrations
- Launching a migration or all migrations, if explicitly set to postpone launch.
- Completing a migration or all migrations, if explicitly set to postpone completion.
- Cancelling a migration
- Cancelling a migration
- Cancelling all pending migrations
- Retrying a migration
- Cleaning migration artifacts
- Reverting a migration
Running migrations #
To run a managed schema migration, you should:
- Formulate your DDLs (
CREATE,ALTER,DROP) queries - Choose a ddl_strategy
When the user submits an online DDL, Vitess responds with a UUID, a job Id used to later track or control the migration. The migration does not start immediately. It is queued at the tablets and executed at some point in the future.
Via VTGate/SQL #
mysql> set @@ddl_strategy='vitess';
mysql> alter table corder add column ts timestamp not null default current_timestamp;
+--------------------------------------+
| uuid |
+--------------------------------------+
| bf4598ab_8d55_11eb_815f_f875a4d24e90 |
+--------------------------------------+
mysql> drop table customer;
+--------------------------------------+
| uuid |
+--------------------------------------+
| 6848c1a4_8d57_11eb_815f_f875a4d24e90 |
+--------------------------------------+
@@ddl_strategybehaves like a MySQL session variable, though is only recognized byVTGate. Setting@@ddl_strategyonly applies to that same connection and does not affect other connections. The strategy applies to all migrations executed in that session. You may subsequently set@@ddl_strategyto different value.- If you run
vtgatewithout--ddl_strategy, then@@ddl_strategydefaults to'direct', which implies schema migrations are synchronous. You will need toset @@ddl_strategy='vitess'to run followupALTER TABLEstatements via Vitess. - If you run
vtgate --ddl_strategy "vitess", then@@ddl_strategydefaults to'vitess'in each new session. AnyALTER TABLEwill run via Vitess online DDL. You mayset @@ddl_strategy='gh-ost'to make migrations run throughgh-ost, orset @@ddl_strategy='direct'to run migrations synchronously.
Via vtctldclient #
You may use vtctldclient to apply schema changes. The ApplySchema command supports both synchronous and online schema migrations. To run an online schema migration you will supply the --ddl-strategy command line flag:
$ vtctldclient ApplySchema --ddl-strategy="vitess" --sql "alter table product add column ts_entry TIMESTAMP NOT NULL" commerce
c26f3b5e_6b50_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3
You my run multiple migrations withing the same ApplySchema command:
$ vtctldclient ApplySchema --ddl-strategy="vitess" --sql "alter table corder modify price bigint unsigned default null; create table sample (id int primary key); drop table if exists some_other_table" customer
d729b47e_6b52_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3
d72b644f_6b52_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3
d72d230d_6b52_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3
ApplySchema accepts the following flags:
--ddl-strategy: by default migrations run directly via MySQL standard DDL (akadirect). This flag must be aupplied to indicate an online strategy. See also DDL strategies and ddl_strategy flags.--migration-context <unique-value>: all migrations in aApplySchemacommand are logically grouped via a unique context. A unique value will be supplied automatically. The user may choose to supply their own value, and it's their responsibility to provide with a unique value. Any string format is accepted. The context can then be used to search for migrations, viaSHOW VITESS_MIGRATIONS LIKE '<the-context>'. It is visible inSHOW VITESS_MIGRATIONS ...output as themigration_contextcolumn.
Tracking migrations #
You may track the status of a single or of multiple migrations. Since migrations run asycnhronously, it is the user's responsibility to audit the progress and state of submitted migrations. Users are likely to want to know when a migration is complete (or failed) so as to be able to deploy code changes or run other operations.
Common patterns are:
- Show state of a specific migration
- Show all
running,completeorfailedmigrations - Show recent migrations
- Show migrations ordered by most-recent first.
- Show n number of migrations, skipping m rows.
Via VTGate/SQL #
Examples for a single shard cluster:
$ mysql commerce
mysql> show vitess_migrations like 'c26f3b5e_6b50_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3' \G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
id: 1
migration_uuid: c26f3b5e_6b50_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3
keyspace: commerce
shard: 0
mysql_schema: vt_commerce
mysql_table: product
migration_statement: alter table product add column ts_entry TIMESTAMP not null
strategy: vitess
options:
added_timestamp: 2023-10-15 11:48:29
requested_timestamp: 2023-10-15 11:48:30
ready_timestamp: NULL
started_timestamp: 2023-10-15 11:48:31
liveness_timestamp: 2023-10-15 11:48:37
completed_timestamp: 2023-10-15 11:48:38.232430
cleanup_timestamp: NULL
migration_status: complete
log_path:
artifacts: _c26f3b5e_6b50_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3_20231015114830_vrepl,
retries: 0
tablet: zone1-0000000100
tablet_failure: 0
progress: 100
migration_context: vtctl:c26e658d-6b50-11ee-808b-0a43f95f28a3
ddl_action: alter
message:
eta_seconds: 0
rows_copied: 0
table_rows: 0
added_unique_keys: 0
removed_unique_keys: 0
log_file:
retain_artifacts_seconds: 86400
postpone_completion: 0
removed_unique_key_names:
dropped_no_default_column_names:
expanded_column_names:
revertible_notes:
allow_concurrent: 0
reverted_uuid:
is_view: 0
ready_to_complete: 1
vitess_liveness_indicator: 1697370514
user_throttle_ratio: 0
special_plan:
last_throttled_timestamp: NULL
component_throttled:
cancelled_timestamp: NULL
postpone_launch: 0
stage: re-enabling writes
cutover_attempts: 1
is_immediate_operation: 0
reviewed_timestamp: 2023-10-15 11:48:31
ready_to_complete_timestamp: 2023-10-15 11:48:35
mysql> show vitess_migrations like 'complete' \G
-- same output as above
mysql> show vitess_migrations like 'failed' \G
Empty set (0.01 sec)
Examples for a multi sharded cluster:
$ mysql customer
mysql> show vitess_migrations like 'complete';
+----+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+----------------------------+-------------------+------------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+---------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+--------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+------------------+------------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+
| id | migration_uuid | keyspace | shard | mysql_schema | mysql_table | migration_statement | strategy | options | added_timestamp | requested_timestamp | ready_timestamp | started_timestamp | liveness_timestamp | completed_timestamp | cleanup_timestamp | migration_status | log_path | artifacts | retries | tablet | tablet_failure | progress | migration_context | ddl_action | message | eta_seconds | rows_copied | table_rows | added_unique_keys | removed_unique_keys | log_file | retain_artifacts_seconds | postpone_completion | removed_unique_key_names | dropped_no_default_column_names | expanded_column_names | revertible_notes | allow_concurrent | reverted_uuid | is_view | ready_to_complete | vitess_liveness_indicator | user_throttle_ratio | special_plan | last_throttled_timestamp | component_throttled | cancelled_timestamp | postpone_launch | stage | cutover_attempts | is_immediate_operation | reviewed_timestamp | ready_to_complete_timestamp |
+----+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+----------------------------+-------------------+------------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+---------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+--------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+------------------+------------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+
| 7 | d729b47e_6b52_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3 | customer | 80- | vt_customer | corder | alter table corder modify column price bigint unsigned default null | vitess | | 2023-10-15 12:03:23 | 2023-10-15 12:03:24 | NULL | 2023-10-15 12:03:25 | 2023-10-15 12:03:31 | 2023-10-15 12:03:32.012778 | NULL | complete | | _d729b47e_6b52_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3_20231015120324_vrepl, | 0 | zone1-0000000401 | 0 | 100 | vtctl:d7288b41-6b52-11ee-808b-0a43f95f28a3 | alter | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 86400 | 0 | | | `price` | column price: increased NUMERIC_PRECISION | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 1697371408 | 0 | | NULL | | NULL | 0 | re-enabling writes | 1 | 0 | 2023-10-15 12:03:25 | 2023-10-15 12:03:29 |
| 8 | d72b644f_6b52_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3 | customer | 80- | vt_customer | sample | create table sample (
id int primary key
) | vitess | | 2023-10-15 12:03:23 | 2023-10-15 12:03:24 | NULL | 2023-10-15 12:03:34 | 2023-10-15 12:03:34 | 2023-10-15 12:03:33.701212 | NULL | complete | | _vt_HOLD_dd2164646b5211eeba7c0a43f95f28a3_20231016120333, | 0 | zone1-0000000401 | 0 | 100 | vtctl:d7288b41-6b52-11ee-808b-0a43f95f28a3 | create | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 86400 | 0 | | | | | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | NULL | | NULL | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 2023-10-15 12:03:25 | 2023-10-15 12:03:25 |
| 9 | d72d230d_6b52_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3 | customer | 80- | vt_customer | some_other_table | drop table if exists some_other_table | vitess | | 2023-10-15 12:03:23 | 2023-10-15 12:03:24 | NULL | 2023-10-15 12:03:35 | 2023-10-15 12:03:35 | 2023-10-15 12:03:34.710144 | NULL | complete | | | 0 | zone1-0000000401 | 0 | 100 | vtctl:d7288b41-6b52-11ee-808b-0a43f95f28a3 | drop | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 86400 | 0 | | | | | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | NULL | | NULL | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 2023-10-15 12:03:25 | 2023-10-15 12:03:25 |
| 7 | d729b47e_6b52_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3 | customer | -80 | vt_customer | corder | alter table corder modify column price bigint unsigned default null | vitess | | 2023-10-15 12:03:23 | 2023-10-15 12:03:24 | NULL | 2023-10-15 12:03:25 | 2023-10-15 12:03:31 | 2023-10-15 12:03:32.034889 | NULL | complete | | _d729b47e_6b52_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3_20231015120324_vrepl, | 0 | zone1-0000000301 | 0 | 100 | vtctl:d7288b41-6b52-11ee-808b-0a43f95f28a3 | alter | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 86400 | 0 | | | `price` | column price: increased NUMERIC_PRECISION | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 1697371408 | 0 | | NULL | | NULL | 0 | re-enabling writes | 1 | 0 | 2023-10-15 12:03:25 | 2023-10-15 12:03:29 |
| 8 | d72b644f_6b52_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3 | customer | -80 | vt_customer | sample | create table sample (
id int primary key
) | vitess | | 2023-10-15 12:03:23 | 2023-10-15 12:03:24 | NULL | 2023-10-15 12:03:34 | 2023-10-15 12:03:34 | 2023-10-15 12:03:33.701214 | NULL | complete | | _vt_HOLD_dd21768e6b5211ee86cc0a43f95f28a3_20231016120333, | 0 | zone1-0000000301 | 0 | 100 | vtctl:d7288b41-6b52-11ee-808b-0a43f95f28a3 | create | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 86400 | 0 | | | | | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | NULL | | NULL | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 2023-10-15 12:03:25 | 2023-10-15 12:03:25 |
| 9 | d72d230d_6b52_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3 | customer | -80 | vt_customer | some_other_table | drop table if exists some_other_table | vitess | | 2023-10-15 12:03:23 | 2023-10-15 12:03:24 | NULL | 2023-10-15 12:03:35 | 2023-10-15 12:03:35 | 2023-10-15 12:03:34.710280 | NULL | complete | | | 0 | zone1-0000000301 | 0 | 100 | vtctl:d7288b41-6b52-11ee-808b-0a43f95f28a3 | drop | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 86400 | 0 | | | | | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | NULL | | NULL | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 2023-10-15 12:03:25 | 2023-10-15 12:03:25 |
+----+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+----------------------------+-------------------+------------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+---------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+--------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+------------------+------------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+
$ vtctldclient OnlineDDL show customer cancelled --limit 1
+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-------------------+--------------------+---------------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-----------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+---------------------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+----------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-------+------------------+------------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------+
| migration_uuid | keyspace | shard | mysql_schema | mysql_table | migration_statement | strategy | options | added_timestamp | requested_timestamp | ready_timestamp | started_timestamp | liveness_timestamp | completed_timestamp | cleanup_timestamp | status | log_path | artifacts | retries | tablet | tablet_failure | progress | migration_context | ddl_action | message | eta_seconds | rows_copied | table_rows | added_unique_keys | removed_unique_keys | log_file | artifact_retention_seconds | postpone_completion | removed_unique_key_names | dropped_no_default_column_names | expanded_column_names | revertible_notes | allow_concurrent | reverted_uuid | is_view | ready_to_complete | vitess_liveness_indicator | user_throttle_ratio | special_plan | last_throttled_timestamp | component_throttled | cancelled_timestamp | postpone_launch | stage | cutover_attempts | is_immediate_operation | reviewed_timestamp | ready_to_complete_timestamp |
+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-------------------+--------------------+---------------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-----------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+---------------------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+----------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-------+------------------+------------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------+
| c919678a_6b50_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3 | customer | -80 | vt_customer | product | alter table product modify | vitess | | 2023-10-15 11:48:41 | 2023-10-15 11:48:41 | | | | 2023-10-15 12:00:26 | | cancelled | | | 0 | zone1-0000000301 | | 0 | vtctl:c91857d2-6b50-11ee-808b-0a43f95f28a3 | alter | CANCEL ALL issued by user | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 86400 | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | column price bigint unsigned | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | default null | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| c919678a_6b50_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3 | customer | 80- | vt_customer | product | alter table product modify | vitess | | 2023-10-15 11:48:41 | 2023-10-15 11:48:41 | | | | 2023-10-15 12:00:26 | | cancelled | | | 0 | zone1-0000000401 | | 0 | vtctl:c91857d2-6b50-11ee-808b-0a43f95f28a3 | alter | CANCEL ALL issued by user | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 86400 | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | column price bigint unsigned | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | default null | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-------------------+--------------------+---------------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-----------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+---------------------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+----------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-------+------------------+------------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------+
Note in the above each migration appears twice. For example, d729b47e_6b52_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3 appears once for shard -80 and once for shard 80-. The two migrations run independently on each shard. It is possible to coordinate a near-atomic cut-over, aka gated cut-over.
show vitess_migrationsshows the entire history of migrations.show vitess_migrations like ...filters migrations bymigration_uuid, ormigration_context, ormigration_status.show vitess_migrations where ...lets the user specify arbitrary conditions. Example:show vitess_migrations where completed_timestamp > now() - interval 7 day;- All commands return results for the keyspace (schema) in use.
Via vtctldclient #
$ vtctldclient OnlineDDL show customer d729b47e_6b52_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3
+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+----------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+---------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+----------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+------------------+------------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+
| migration_uuid | keyspace | shard | mysql_schema | mysql_table | migration_statement | strategy | options | added_timestamp | requested_timestamp | ready_timestamp | started_timestamp | liveness_timestamp | completed_timestamp | cleanup_timestamp | status | log_path | artifacts | retries | tablet | tablet_failure | progress | migration_context | ddl_action | message | eta_seconds | rows_copied | table_rows | added_unique_keys | removed_unique_keys | log_file | artifact_retention_seconds | postpone_completion | removed_unique_key_names | dropped_no_default_column_names | expanded_column_names | revertible_notes | allow_concurrent | reverted_uuid | is_view | ready_to_complete | vitess_liveness_indicator | user_throttle_ratio | special_plan | last_throttled_timestamp | component_throttled | cancelled_timestamp | postpone_launch | stage | cutover_attempts | is_immediate_operation | reviewed_timestamp | ready_to_complete_timestamp |
+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+----------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+---------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+----------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+------------------+------------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+
| d729b47e_6b52_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3 | customer | 80- | vt_customer | corder | alter table corder modify | vitess | | 2023-10-15 12:03:23 | 2023-10-15 12:03:24 | | 2023-10-15 12:03:25 | 2023-10-15 12:03:31 | 2023-10-15 12:03:32 | | complete | | _d729b47e_6b52_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3_20231015120324_vrepl, | 0 | zone1-0000000401 | | 100 | vtctl:d7288b41-6b52-11ee-808b-0a43f95f28a3 | alter | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 86400 | | | | `price` | column price: increased | | | | | 1697371408 | 0 | | | | | | re-enabling writes | 1 | | 2023-10-15 12:03:25 | 2023-10-15 12:03:29 |
| | | | | | column price bigint unsigned | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NUMERIC_PRECISION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | default null | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| d729b47e_6b52_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3 | customer | -80 | vt_customer | corder | alter table corder modify | vitess | | 2023-10-15 12:03:23 | 2023-10-15 12:03:24 | | 2023-10-15 12:03:25 | 2023-10-15 12:03:31 | 2023-10-15 12:03:32 | | complete | | _d729b47e_6b52_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3_20231015120324_vrepl, | 0 | zone1-0000000301 | | 100 | vtctl:d7288b41-6b52-11ee-808b-0a43f95f28a3 | alter | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 86400 | | | | `price` | column price: increased | | | | | 1697371408 | 0 | | | | | | re-enabling writes | 1 | | 2023-10-15 12:03:25 | 2023-10-15 12:03:29 |
| | | | | | column price bigint unsigned | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NUMERIC_PRECISION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | default null | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+----------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+---------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+----------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+------------------+------------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+
$ vtctldclient OnlineDDL show commerce recent
+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+----------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+---------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+----------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+------------------+------------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+
| migration_uuid | keyspace | shard | mysql_schema | mysql_table | migration_statement | strategy | options | added_timestamp | requested_timestamp | ready_timestamp | started_timestamp | liveness_timestamp | completed_timestamp | cleanup_timestamp | status | log_path | artifacts | retries | tablet | tablet_failure | progress | migration_context | ddl_action | message | eta_seconds | rows_copied | table_rows | added_unique_keys | removed_unique_keys | log_file | artifact_retention_seconds | postpone_completion | removed_unique_key_names | dropped_no_default_column_names | expanded_column_names | revertible_notes | allow_concurrent | reverted_uuid | is_view | ready_to_complete | vitess_liveness_indicator | user_throttle_ratio | special_plan | last_throttled_timestamp | component_throttled | cancelled_timestamp | postpone_launch | stage | cutover_attempts | is_immediate_operation | reviewed_timestamp | ready_to_complete_timestamp |
+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+----------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+---------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+----------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+------------------+------------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+
| c26f3b5e_6b50_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3 | commerce | 0 | vt_commerce | product | alter table product add column | vitess | | 2023-10-15 11:48:29 | 2023-10-15 11:48:30 | | 2023-10-15 11:48:31 | 2023-10-15 11:48:37 | 2023-10-15 11:48:38 | | complete | | _c26f3b5e_6b50_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3_20231015114830_vrepl, | 0 | zone1-0000000100 | | 100 | vtctl:c26e658d-6b50-11ee-808b-0a43f95f28a3 | alter | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 86400 | | | | | | | | | | 1697370514 | 0 | | | | | | re-enabling writes | 1 | | 2023-10-15 11:48:31 | 2023-10-15 11:48:35 |
| | | | | | ts_entry TIMESTAMP not null | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+----------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+---------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+----------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+------------------+------------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+
$ vtctldclient OnlineDDL show customer cancelled --limit 1
+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-------------------+--------------------+---------------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-----------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+---------------------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+----------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-------+------------------+------------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------+
| migration_uuid | keyspace | shard | mysql_schema | mysql_table | migration_statement | strategy | options | added_timestamp | requested_timestamp | ready_timestamp | started_timestamp | liveness_timestamp | completed_timestamp | cleanup_timestamp | status | log_path | artifacts | retries | tablet | tablet_failure | progress | migration_context | ddl_action | message | eta_seconds | rows_copied | table_rows | added_unique_keys | removed_unique_keys | log_file | artifact_retention_seconds | postpone_completion | removed_unique_key_names | dropped_no_default_column_names | expanded_column_names | revertible_notes | allow_concurrent | reverted_uuid | is_view | ready_to_complete | vitess_liveness_indicator | user_throttle_ratio | special_plan | last_throttled_timestamp | component_throttled | cancelled_timestamp | postpone_launch | stage | cutover_attempts | is_immediate_operation | reviewed_timestamp | ready_to_complete_timestamp |
+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-------------------+--------------------+---------------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-----------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+---------------------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+----------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-------+------------------+------------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------+
| c919678a_6b50_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3 | customer | -80 | vt_customer | product | alter table product modify | vitess | | 2023-10-15 11:48:41 | 2023-10-15 11:48:41 | | | | 2023-10-15 12:00:26 | | cancelled | | | 0 | zone1-0000000301 | | 0 | vtctl:c91857d2-6b50-11ee-808b-0a43f95f28a3 | alter | CANCEL ALL issued by user | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 86400 | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | column price bigint unsigned | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | default null | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| c919678a_6b50_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3 | customer | 80- | vt_customer | product | alter table product modify | vitess | | 2023-10-15 11:48:41 | 2023-10-15 11:48:41 | | | | 2023-10-15 12:00:26 | | cancelled | | | 0 | zone1-0000000401 | | 0 | vtctl:c91857d2-6b50-11ee-808b-0a43f95f28a3 | alter | CANCEL ALL issued by user | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 86400 | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | column price bigint unsigned | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | default null | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-------------------+--------------------+---------------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-----------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+---------------------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+----------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-------+------------------+------------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------+
The syntax for tracking migrations is:
vtctldclient OnlineDDL show <keyspace> <all|recent|queued|ready|running|complete|failed|cancelled|<migration uuid>|<migration context>>
Launching a migration #
Migrations submitted with --postpone-launch remain queued or ready until told to launch. The user may launch a specific migration or they may launch all postponed migrations:
Via VTGate/SQL #
mysql> alter vitess_migration 'aa89f255_8d68_11eb_815f_f875a4d24e90' launch;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)
or
mysql> alter vitess_migration launch all;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)
Via vtctldclient #
Launch a specific migration:
$ vtctldclient ApplySchema --sql "alter vitess_migration '9e8a9249_3976_11ed_9442_0a43f95f28a3' launch" commerce
Or launch a specific migration on a specific shard:
$ vtctldclient ApplySchema --sql "alter vitess_migration '9e8a9249_3976_11ed_9442_0a43f95f28a3' launch vitess_shards '-40,40-80'" commerce
Or launch all:
$ vtctldclient ApplySchema --sql "alter vitess_migration launch all" commerce
Completing a migration #
Migrations submitted with --postpone-completion remain ready or running until told to complete. The user may complete a specific migration or they may complete all postponed migrations:
Via VTGate/SQL #
mysql> alter vitess_migration 'aa89f255_8d68_11eb_815f_f875a4d24e90' complete;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)
or
mysql> alter vitess_migration complete all;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)
Via vtctldclient #
Complete a specific migration:
$ vtctldclient ApplySchema --sql "alter vitess_migration '9e8a9249_3976_11ed_9442_0a43f95f28a3' complete" commerce
Or complete all:
$ vtctldclient ApplySchema --sql "alter vitess_migration complete all" commerce
Cancelling a migration #
The user may cancel a migration, as follows:
- If the migration hasn't started yet (it is
queuedorready), then it transitions intocancelledstate and doesn't get executed. - If the migration is
running, then it is forcibly interrupted. The migration transitions tocancelledstate. - In all other cases, cancelling a migration has no effect.
Via VTGate/SQL #
In this illustrative flow we also glimpse into some further control over migrations.
mysql> set @@ddl_strategy='vitess --postpone-completion';
mysql> alter table product engine=innodb;
+--------------------------------------+
| uuid |
+--------------------------------------+
| f9e4dbaa_6b54_11ee_b0cf_0a43f95f28a3 |
+--------------------------------------+
mysql> show vitess_migrations like 'f9e4dbaa_6b54_11ee_b0cf_0a43f95f28a3' \G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
id: 3
migration_uuid: f9e4dbaa_6b54_11ee_b0cf_0a43f95f28a3
keyspace: commerce
shard: 0
mysql_schema: vt_commerce
mysql_table: product
migration_statement: alter table product engine innodb
strategy: vitess
options: --postpone-completion
added_timestamp: 2023-10-15 12:18:40
requested_timestamp: 2023-10-15 12:18:41
ready_timestamp: NULL
started_timestamp: 2023-10-15 12:18:42
liveness_timestamp: 2023-10-15 12:18:52
completed_timestamp: NULL
cleanup_timestamp: NULL
migration_status: running
...
mysql> alter vitess_migration 'f9e4dbaa_6b54_11ee_b0cf_0a43f95f28a3' cancel;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.04 sec)
mysql> show vitess_migrations like 'f9e4dbaa_6b54_11ee_b0cf_0a43f95f28a3' \G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
id: 3
migration_uuid: f9e4dbaa_6b54_11ee_b0cf_0a43f95f28a3
keyspace: commerce
shard: 0
mysql_schema: vt_commerce
mysql_table: product
migration_statement: alter table product engine innodb
strategy: vitess
options: --postpone-completion
added_timestamp: 2023-10-15 12:18:40
requested_timestamp: 2023-10-15 12:18:41
ready_timestamp: NULL
started_timestamp: 2023-10-15 12:18:42
liveness_timestamp: 2023-10-15 12:19:02
completed_timestamp: 2023-10-15 12:19:42.347196
cleanup_timestamp: NULL
migration_status: cancelled
log_path:
artifacts: _f9e4dbaa_6b54_11ee_b0cf_0a43f95f28a3_20231015121841_vrepl,
retries: 0
tablet: zone1-0000000100
tablet_failure: 0
progress: 100
migration_context: vtgate:cc06e24a-6b54-11ee-b0cf-0a43f95f28a3
ddl_action: alter
message: CANCEL issued by user
...
alter vitess_migration ... canceltakes exactly one migration's UUID.alter vitess_migration cancel alltakes no arguments and affects all pending migrations.alter vitess_migration ... canceloralter vitess_migration cancel allrespond with number of affected migrations across all shards.
Via vtctldclient #
Illustrating yet another flow where we can control the progress of migrations:
$ vtctldclient UpdateThrottlerConfig --enable customer
$ vtctldclient ApplySchema --sql "alter vitess_migration throttle all" customer
$ vtctldclient ApplySchema --ddl-strategy="vitess" --sql "alter table corder engine=innodb" customer
075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3
$ vtctldclient OnlineDDL show customer 075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3
+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+---------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+---------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+----------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-------+------------------+------------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+
| migration_uuid | keyspace | shard | mysql_schema | mysql_table | migration_statement | strategy | options | added_timestamp | requested_timestamp | ready_timestamp | started_timestamp | liveness_timestamp | completed_timestamp | cleanup_timestamp | status | log_path | artifacts | retries | tablet | tablet_failure | progress | migration_context | ddl_action | message | eta_seconds | rows_copied | table_rows | added_unique_keys | removed_unique_keys | log_file | artifact_retention_seconds | postpone_completion | removed_unique_key_names | dropped_no_default_column_names | expanded_column_names | revertible_notes | allow_concurrent | reverted_uuid | is_view | ready_to_complete | vitess_liveness_indicator | user_throttle_ratio | special_plan | last_throttled_timestamp | component_throttled | cancelled_timestamp | postpone_launch | stage | cutover_attempts | is_immediate_operation | reviewed_timestamp | ready_to_complete_timestamp |
+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+---------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+---------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+----------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-------+------------------+------------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+
| 075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3 | customer | -80 | vt_customer | corder | alter table corder engine | vitess | | 2023-10-15 12:26:12 | 2023-10-15 12:26:13 | | 2023-10-15 12:26:14 | 2023-10-15 12:26:23 | | | running | | _075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3_20231015122613_vrepl, | 0 | zone1-0000000301 | | 100 | vtctl:074f5fd7-6b56-11ee-808b-0a43f95f28a3 | alter | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 86400 | | | | | | | | | | 1697372782 | 1 | | 2023-10-15 12:26:22 | vcopier | | | | 0 | | 2023-10-15 12:26:14 | |
| | | | | | innodb | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3 | customer | 80- | vt_customer | corder | alter table corder engine | vitess | | 2023-10-15 12:26:12 | 2023-10-15 12:26:13 | | 2023-10-15 12:26:14 | 2023-10-15 12:26:23 | | | running | | _075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3_20231015122613_vrepl, | 0 | zone1-0000000401 | | 100 | vtctl:074f5fd7-6b56-11ee-808b-0a43f95f28a3 | alter | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 86400 | | | | | | | | | | 1697372782 | 1 | | 2023-10-15 12:26:22 | vcopier | | | | 0 | | 2023-10-15 12:26:14 | |
| | | | | | innodb | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+---------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+---------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+----------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-------+------------------+------------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+
$ vtctldclient OnlineDDL cancel customer 075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3
{
"rows_affected_by_shard": {
"-80": "1",
"80-": "1"
}
}
$ vtctldclient OnlineDDL show customer 075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3
+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+----------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-------+------------------+------------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+
| migration_uuid | keyspace | shard | mysql_schema | mysql_table | migration_statement | strategy | options | added_timestamp | requested_timestamp | ready_timestamp | started_timestamp | liveness_timestamp | completed_timestamp | cleanup_timestamp | status | log_path | artifacts | retries | tablet | tablet_failure | progress | migration_context | ddl_action | message | eta_seconds | rows_copied | table_rows | added_unique_keys | removed_unique_keys | log_file | artifact_retention_seconds | postpone_completion | removed_unique_key_names | dropped_no_default_column_names | expanded_column_names | revertible_notes | allow_concurrent | reverted_uuid | is_view | ready_to_complete | vitess_liveness_indicator | user_throttle_ratio | special_plan | last_throttled_timestamp | component_throttled | cancelled_timestamp | postpone_launch | stage | cutover_attempts | is_immediate_operation | reviewed_timestamp | ready_to_complete_timestamp |
+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+----------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-------+------------------+------------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+
| 075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3 | customer | -80 | vt_customer | corder | alter table corder engine | vitess | | 2023-10-15 12:26:12 | 2023-10-15 12:26:13 | | 2023-10-15 12:26:14 | 2023-10-15 12:26:34 | 2023-10-15 12:26:54 | | cancelled | | _075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3_20231015122613_vrepl, | 0 | zone1-0000000301 | | 100 | vtctl:074f5fd7-6b56-11ee-808b-0a43f95f28a3 | alter | CANCEL issued by user | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 86400 | | | | | | | | | | 1697372793 | 1 | | 2023-10-15 12:26:33 | vcopier | | | | 0 | | 2023-10-15 12:26:14 | |
| | | | | | innodb | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3 | customer | 80- | vt_customer | corder | alter table corder engine | vitess | | 2023-10-15 12:26:12 | 2023-10-15 12:26:13 | | 2023-10-15 12:26:14 | 2023-10-15 12:26:34 | 2023-10-15 12:26:54 | | cancelled | | _075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3_20231015122613_vrepl, | 0 | zone1-0000000401 | | 100 | vtctl:074f5fd7-6b56-11ee-808b-0a43f95f28a3 | alter | CANCEL issued by user | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 86400 | | | | | | | | | | 1697372793 | 1 | | 2023-10-15 12:26:33 | vcopier | | | | 0 | | 2023-10-15 12:26:14 | |
| | | | | | innodb | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
+--------------------------------------+----------+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+---------------------+----------+----------------------------+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-------+------------------+------------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+
Cancelling all keyspace migrations #
The user may cancel all migrations in a keyspace. A migration is cancellable if it is in queued, ready or running states, as described previously. It is a high impact operation and should be used with care.
Via VTGate/SQL #
Examples for a single shard cluster:
mysql> alter vitess_migration cancel all;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
Via vtctldclient #
$ vtctldclient ApplySchema --sql "alter vitess_migration cancel all" commerce
Also available via vtctldclient OnlineDDL command:
$ vtctldclient OnlineDDL cancel commerce all
{
"rows_affected_by_shard": {
"0": "0"
}
}
Retrying a migration #
The user may retry running a migration. If the migration is in failed or in cancelled state, Vitess will re-run the migration, with exact same arguments as previously intended. If the migration is in any other state, retry does nothing.
It is not possible to retry a migration with different options. e.g. if the user initially runs ALTER TABLE demo MODIFY id BIGINT with @@ddl_strategy='gh-ost --max-load Threads_running=200' and the migration fails, retrying it will use exact same options. It is not possible to retry with @@ddl_strategy='gh-ost --max-load Threads_running=500'.
Via VTGate/SQL #
mysql> alter vitess_migration '075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3' retry;
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.01 sec)
mysql> show vitess_migrations like '075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3' \G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
id: 12
migration_uuid: 075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3
keyspace: customer
shard: -80
mysql_schema: vt_customer
mysql_table: corder
migration_statement: alter table corder engine innodb
strategy: vitess
options:
added_timestamp: 2023-10-15 12:26:12
requested_timestamp: 2023-10-15 12:26:13
ready_timestamp: NULL
started_timestamp: 2023-10-15 12:30:09
liveness_timestamp: 2023-10-15 12:30:18
completed_timestamp: NULL
cleanup_timestamp: NULL
migration_status: running
...
*************************** 2. row ***************************
id: 12
migration_uuid: 075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3
keyspace: customer
shard: 80-
mysql_schema: vt_customer
mysql_table: corder
migration_statement: alter table corder engine innodb
strategy: vitess
options:
added_timestamp: 2023-10-15 12:26:12
requested_timestamp: 2023-10-15 12:26:13
ready_timestamp: NULL
started_timestamp: 2023-10-15 12:30:09
liveness_timestamp: 2023-10-15 12:30:18
completed_timestamp: NULL
cleanup_timestamp: NULL
migration_status: running
...
Via vtctldclient #
The above migrations are running again, but still throttled. By way of illustration, let's cancel and retry them yet again:
$ vtctldclient ApplySchema --sql "alter vitess_migration '075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3' cancel" customer
$ vtctldclient ApplySchema --sql "alter vitess_migration '075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3' retry" customer
Also available via vtctldclient OnlineDDL command:
$ vtctldclient OnlineDDL cancel customer 075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3
{
"rows_affected_by_shard": {
"-80": "1",
"80-": "1"
}
}
$ vtctldclient OnlineDDL retry customer 075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3
{
"rows_affected_by_shard": {
"-80": "1",
"80-": "1"
}
}
Cleaning migration artifacts #
Migrations yield artifacts: these are leftover tables, such as the ghost or shadow tables in an ALTER DDL. These tables are audited and collected as part of table lifecycle.
The artifacts are essential to Reverting a migration, and are kept intact for a while before destroyed.
However, the artifacts also consume disk space. If the user is convinced they will not need the artifacts, they may explicitly request that the artifacts are dropped sooner.
Once cleanup is requested, the migration cannot be reverted.
The artifact tables are not purged immediately. Rather, they are sent for processing into the lifecycle mechanism.
Via VTGate/SQL #
Per migration, request artifact cleanup via:
mysql> alter vitess_migration 'aa89f255_8d68_11eb_815f_f875a4d24e90' cleanup;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
Via vtctldclient #
Execute via vtctldclient ApplySchema --sql "..." <keyspace> like previous commands, or use OnlineDDL command:
$ $ vtctldclient OnlineDDL cancel customer all
{
"rows_affected_by_shard": {
"-80": "1",
"80-": "1"
}
}
$ vtctldclient OnlineDDL cleanup customer 075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3
{
"rows_affected_by_shard": {
"-80": "1",
"80-": "1"
}
}
Reverting a migration #
Vitess offers lossless revert for online schema migrations: the user may regret a table migration after completion, and roll back the table's schema to previous state without loss of data. See Revertible Migrations.
Via VTGate/SQL #
Examples for a single shard cluster:
mysql> show create table corder\G
Create Table: CREATE TABLE `corder` (
`order_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`customer_id` bigint(20) DEFAULT NULL,
`sku` varbinary(128) DEFAULT NULL,
`price` bigint(20) DEFAULT NULL,
`ts` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
PRIMARY KEY (`order_id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8
1 row in set (0.01 sec)
mysql> set @@ddl_strategy='vitess';
mysql> alter table corder drop column ts, add key customer_idx(customer_id);
+--------------------------------------+
| uuid |
+--------------------------------------+
| 1a689113_8d77_11eb_815f_f875a4d24e90 |
+--------------------------------------+
mysql> show create table corder\G
Create Table: CREATE TABLE `corder` (
`order_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`customer_id` bigint(20) DEFAULT NULL,
`sku` varbinary(128) DEFAULT NULL,
`price` bigint(20) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`order_id`),
KEY `customer_idx` (`customer_id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> revert vitess_migration '1a689113_8d77_11eb_815f_f875a4d24e90';
+--------------------------------------+
| uuid |
+--------------------------------------+
| a02e6612_8d79_11eb_815f_f875a4d24e90 |
+--------------------------------------+
mysql> show create table corder\G
Create Table: CREATE TABLE `corder` (
`order_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`customer_id` bigint(20) DEFAULT NULL,
`sku` varbinary(128) DEFAULT NULL,
`price` bigint(20) DEFAULT NULL,
`ts` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
PRIMARY KEY (`order_id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8
- A
revertis its own migration, hence has its own UUID
Via vtctldclient #
$ vtctldclient ApplySchema --ddl-strategy "vitess" --sql "revert vitess_migration '1a689113_8d77_11eb_815f_f875a4d24e90'" commerce
Controlling throttling #
Managed migrations use the tablet throttler to ensure a sustainable impact to the MySQL servers and replication stream. Normally, the user doesn't need to get involved, as the throttler auto-identifies load scenarios, and pushes back on migration progress. However, Vitess makes available these commands for additional control over migration throttling:
alter vitess_migration '<uuid>' throttle [expire '<duration>'] [ratio <ratio>];
alter vitess_migration throttle all [expire '<duration>'] [ratio <ratio>];
alter vitess_migration '<uuid>' unthrottle;
alter vitess_migration unthrottle all;
show vitess_throttled_apps;
Note: the tablet throttler must be enabled for these command to run.
Throttling a migration #
To fully throttle a migration, run:
mysql> alter vitess_migration 'aa89f255_8d68_11eb_815f_f875a4d24e90' throttle;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
From this point on, the migration will not make row copy progress and will not apply binary logs. By default, this command does not expire, and it takes an explicit unthrottle command to resume migration progress. Because MySQL binary logs are rotated, a migration may only survive a full throttling up to the point where the binary log it last processed is purged.
You may supply either or both these options: expire, ratio:
alter vitess_migration 'aa89f255_8d68_11eb_815f_f875a4d24e90' throttle expire '2h'will fully throttle the migration for the next2hours, after which the migration resumes normal work. You may specify these units:s(seconds),m(minutes),h(hours) or combinations. Example values:90s,30m,1h,1h30m, etc.alter vitess_migration 'aa89f255_8d68_11eb_815f_f875a4d24e90' throttle ratio 0.7will partially throttle the migration. This instructs the throttler to reject, on average,7migration throttling check requests out of10. Any value between0(no throttling at all) and1.0(fully throttled) are allowed. This is a fine tune way to slow down a migration.
Throttling all migrations #
It's likely that you will want to throttle migrations in general, and not a specific migration. Use:
alter vitess_migration throttle allto fully throttle any and all migrations from this point onalter vitess_migration throttle all expire '90m'to fully throttle any and all migrations from this point on and for the next90minutes.alter vitess_migration throttle all ratio 0.8to severely slow down all migrations from this point on (4 out of 5 migrations requests to the throttler are denied)alter vitess_migration throttle all duration '10m' ratio 0.2to lightly slow down all migrations from this point on (1 out of 5 migrations requests to the throttler are denied) for the next10minutes.
Unthrottling #
Use:
alter vitess_migration 'aa89f255_8d68_11eb_815f_f875a4d24e90' unthrottleto allow the specified migration to resume working as normalalter vitess_migration unthrottle allto unthrottle all migrations.
Note that this does not disable throttling altogether. If, for example, replication lag grows on replicas, the throttler may still throttle the migration until replication is caught up. Unthrottling only cancels an explicit throttling request as described above.
Showing throttled apps #
The command show vitess_throttled_apps is a general purpose throttler command, and shows all apps for which there are throttling rules. It will list any specific or general migration throttling status.
Via vtctldclient #
Execute via vtctldclient ApplySchema --sql "..." <keyspace> like previous commands, or use OnlineDDL commands:
$ vtctldclient OnlineDDL throttle customer 075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3
$ vtctldclient OnlineDDL throttle customer all
$ vtctldclient OnlineDDL unthrottle customer 075088b9_6b56_11ee_808b_0a43f95f28a3
$ vtctldclient OnlineDDL unthrottle customer all
Applying, auditing, and controlling Online DDL