This page last changed on Mar 09, 2016 by brian.

About Dione

Dione is a Windows VM that hosts MS SQL 2008 and hosts the external VARS database.

Connecting via JDBC

When using windows authentication to connect with the jtds JDBC driver don't forget to add 'useNTLMv2=true' in the connection string. See http://jtds.sourceforge.net/faq.html#windowsAuth

Summary of Data Embargo

The data embargo info used for this iteration is described here. The table below more clearly summarizes what modifications on Dione are requested:

Concept Delete KB Branch Delete KB Media and LinkRealizations Delete Annotations
Xenoturbellida  
Xenoturbellidae  
Xenoturbella  
Mystery Mollusc  
Ctenophora    
Cydippida    
Cydippida 2  
Llyria  
Mertensia  
Mertensiidae sp. A  
Platyctenida  
Platyctenida sp. 1  
Lyroctenidae  
Lyrocteis  
Tjalfiellidae  
Tjalfiella  
Tjalfiella tristoma  
Thalassocalycida    
Thalassocalycida sp. 1  
Intacta  
Aegina sp. 1  
Erenna sp. A  
Erenna sp. B  
Physonectae sp. 1  
Tuscaroridae  
Tuscarantha  
Tuscarantha luciae  
Tuscarantha braueri  
Tuscaretta  
Tuscaretta globosa  
Tuscaridium  
Tuscaridium cygneum  
Tuscarilla  
Tuscarilla nationalis  
Tuscarilla similis  
Tuscarilla campanella  
Tuscarora  

Additional Annotations to delete

  • Bob Vrijenhoek or Clague's annotations of Xenophyophoroidea, Psamminidae, Psamminida
  • Robison, Sherock, Raskoff, Zeidberg, Hopcroft, Hunt or Hamners's annotations with a cameradirection of transect, diel transect, startransect or endtransect.

Embargo SQL

The data in these databases are replicated monthly and the following scripts are applied after replication:

About VARS replication to DIONE

From Neil Conner:

Okay, Brian, it's all ready to go. This is a two-step process:

  1. I created permanent backup devices (fixed files) on a network share for the VARS and VARS_KB databases on both Equinox and Dione.
  2. On Equinox, I created a new maintenance plan called "VARS_Export Backups" which writes a full backup of VARS and VARS_KB to the respective backup device and scheduled it to run the first Monday of each month at 3:00am.
  3. On Dione, I created a SQL Agent job for the VARS database called "VARS_Export Restore from Equinox" and one for VARS_KB called "VARS_KB_Export Restore from Equinox". Both jobs run the first Monday of each month at 5:00am.
  4. The VARS job has the following four steps: 1) does a restore from whatever happens to be in the respective backup device, 2) deletes unnecessary user accounts, 3) runs the embargo script and 4) updates the URLs; the VARS_KB job has only the first two steps. Both jobs create a log file on Dione and send me an email on failure.
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