Rare race condition when creating backups under heavy load

Details

Detail name Value
Changelog Number 19548
Type Bug
Status Resolved
Affected Versions
Fix Versions Exasol 7.1.26, Exasol 8.26.0
Resolution Date 2024-03-15

Description

In rare occasions, there is a race condition between initializing the backup and other parallel operations on the persistent storage volumes. When this happens, the database crashes and automatically restarts again.

Workaround

There is no workaround. The database will automatically restart without any data losses.

Fix

In these scenarios, the database remains online.