Altering database partition groups—adding partitions to database partition groups

At this point, we have finished adding the new partitions 3 and 4 to our database; in the following recipe, we will include them in our NAVDATAGRP database partition group.

Getting ready

In this recipe, we will demonstrate how to add the two newly created partitions, in the Adding database partitions recipe, into the NAVDATAGRP database using Control Center and the command line.

How to do it...

You can perform these operations with Control Center or using the command line.

Using Control Center

1. In Control Center, navigate to the NAV database, go to Database partition groups, and right-click on NAVDATAGRP; choose Alter…. Next, check Assign available database partition groups to this partition group.

   

2. On the next screen, under Available nodes, check partitions 3 and 4:

   

3. On the next screen, you get a dialog that asks to copy container settings from existent partitions by clicking the … button:

   

4. In the next step, choose the...