diff --git a/modules/ROOT/pages/clustering/databases.adoc b/modules/ROOT/pages/clustering/databases.adoc index 87ed8f282..fe6c35bbe 100644 --- a/modules/ROOT/pages/clustering/databases.adoc +++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/clustering/databases.adoc @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ See <<#_create_database, `CREATE DATABASE`>> for more information. ---- CREATE DATABASE foo TOPOLOGY [desired number of primaries] PRIMARIES [desired number of secondaries] SECONDARIES -OPTIONS {existingData: 'use', existingDataSeedInstance: '8512c9b9-d9e8-48e6-b037-b15b0004ca18'}; +OPTIONS {existingData: 'use', existingDataSeedServer: '8512c9b9-d9e8-48e6-b037-b15b0004ca18'}; ---- . Verify that the `foo` database is online on the desired number of servers, in the desired roles. If the `foo` database is of considerable size, the execution of the command can take some time. diff --git a/modules/ROOT/pages/database-administration/standard-databases/create-databases.adoc b/modules/ROOT/pages/database-administration/standard-databases/create-databases.adoc index 9c1c6a559..68664fc26 100644 --- a/modules/ROOT/pages/database-administration/standard-databases/create-databases.adoc +++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/database-administration/standard-databases/create-databases.adoc @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ In versions previous to Neo4j 5.22, the default store format for all new databas From Neo4j 5.22, `block` is the default format for all newly-created databases as long as they do not have the xref:configuration/configuration-settings.adoc#config_db.format[`db.format`] setting specified. + If you want to change it, you can set a new value for the xref:configuration/configuration-settings.adoc#config_db.format[`db.format`] configuration in the _neo4j.conf_ file. + Alternatively, you can set the store format of new databases using the `CREATE DATABASE databasename OPTIONS {storeFormat: 'the-new-format'}` command. -However, if the store is seeded with `seedURI` or `existingDataSeedInstance`, or if the command is being used to mount pre-existing store files already present on the disk, they will use their current store format without any alterations. +However, if the store is seeded with `seedURI`, `existingDataSeedServer` or `existingDataSeedInstance`, or if the command is being used to mount pre-existing store files already present on the disk, they will use their current store format without any alterations. See xref:database-internals/store-formats.adoc[Store formats], for more details about available database store formats in Neo4j. @@ -76,13 +76,17 @@ The `CREATE DATABASE` command can have a map of options, e.g. `OPTIONS {key: 'va | `use` | Controls how the system handles existing data on disk when creating the database. -Currently, this is only supported with `existingDataSeedInstance` and `seedURI`, and must be set to `use`, which indicates the existing data files should be used for the new database. +Currently, this is only supported with `existingDataSeedInstance`, `existingDataSeedServer` and `seedURI`, and must be set to `use`, which indicates the existing data files should be used for the new database. -| `existingDataSeedInstance` + +|`existingDataSeedServer` label:new[new in 5.25] + +`existingDataSeedInstance` label:deprecated[deprecated in 5.25] | ID of the cluster server | Defines which server is used for seeding the data of the created database. -The server ID can be found in the `serverId` column after running `SHOW SERVERS`. +The server ID can be found in the `serverId` column after running `SHOW SERVERS`. +`existingDataSeedInstance` is replaced by `existingDataSeedServer` in Neo4j 5.25. | `seedURI` | URI to a backup or a dump from an existing database. @@ -110,12 +114,12 @@ For details about enrichment mode, see link:{neo4j-docs-base-uri}/cdc/current/ge | `aligned` \| `standard` \| `high_limit` \| `block` | Defines the store format if the database created is new. -If the store is seeded with `seedURI` or `existingDataSeedInstance`, or if the command is being used to mount pre-existing store files already present on the disk, they will use their current store format without any alterations. +If the store is seeded with `seedURI`, `existingDataSeedInstance` or `existingDataSeedServer`, or if the command is used to mount pre-existing store files already present on the disk, they will retain their current store format without any modifications. |=== [NOTE] ==== -The `existingData`, `existingDataSeedInstance`, `seedURI`, `seedConfig`, and `seedCredentials` options cannot be combined with the `OR REPLACE` part of this command. +The `existingData`, `existingDataSeedInstance`, `existingDataSeedServer`, `seedURI`, `seedConfig`, and `seedCredentials` options cannot be combined with the `OR REPLACE` part of this command. More details about seeding options can be found in xref::clustering/databases.adoc#cluster-seed[Seed a cluster]. ====