[SOLVED] Persistence issues after restart of openhab 2.1

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1

All,

i have an issue with the persistence.

My jdbc.persist file looks like:
// persistence strategies have a name and a definition and are referred to in the “Items” section
Strategies {
// for rrd charts, we need a cron strategy
everyMinute : “0 * * * * ?”
every5Minutes : “0 */5 * * * ?”
everyHour : “0 0 * * * ?”
everyDay : “0 0 0 * * ?”
}

Items {
        // which data to be stored
//      * : strategy = everyChange, restoreOnStartup    // after switching this OFF, no more Group states have been stored (G_Lights* only stores the members)
        G_Lights : strategy = every5Minutes, everyChange, restoreOnStartup
        G_All_OFF : strategy = every5Minutes, everyChange, restoreOnStartup
        G_Mobiles : strategy = every5Minutes, everyChange, restoreOnStartup
        G_Windows : strategy = every5Minutes, everyChange, restoreOnStartup
        G_Melder : strategy = every5Minutes, everyChange, restoreOnStartup
        G_Bypass : strategy = every5Minutes, everyChange, restoreOnStartup
        G_Battery : strategy = every5Minutes, everyChange, restoreOnStartup
        G_OverR : strategy = every5Minutes, everyChange, restoreOnStartup
        G_Net : strategy = every5Minutes, everyChange, restoreOnStartup
        G_jdbc* : strategy = everyChange, restoreOnStartup      // Switches and Strings
        G_Numbers* : strategy = every5Minutes, everyChange, restoreOnStartup    // Numbers only

After a restart of OH (at least) one item (Presence_Num in Group G_Numbers) is stored on changes in the MySQL DB only.
This can easily be recognized in the habpanel chart:

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As soon as I copy the SAME persist file to the config/persistence folder it obviously reads the persist file and the item is stored every five minutes in the DB.

Is this some timing issue during startup?
Any other idea?

2

That is very odd behavior and you can reproduce it consistently enough to warrant an issue be filled.

3

I will redo the whole procedure to make sure. But actually it happend recently whenever I restarted OH 2.1.
I will keep you updated.
If I need to fill an issue, I might need help as this is new to me… :slight_smile:

4

The same story.
I can reproduce it very easily.
Is there any guide line how to fill an issue?

5

When you create the issue your posting will start with a template telling you what to do.

The key is to provide as much info as you can and point back to this thread.

6

thanks, Rich.
I assume it’s a general eclipse issue or is mySQL jdbc a separate issue.
What’s the best place for the issue beeing reported?

7

I’d start with the persistence binding.

8

alright - thanks :slight_smile:
Sorry for the rookie question :wink:

9

You never need to apologise for an honest question. I’m glad to help, particularly someone I know it’s putting in the effort.

10

Thanks :slight_smile:
Actually I have an update on this issue:
After starting from scratch (switch over to brand new openhabian 1.3 iSD-card image) I haven’t seen this issue since.
(in a short test using my old SD-card with the previous installation it was still reproducible though).

Anyway, I guess an issues does not make sense in this case, but I will keep a close look.

11

Hmmm. When problems go away with a new SD card it makes me think the old one was going bad. These sorts of problems can indicate a failing SD card. With as much that OH writes to logs and persistence an SD card often won’t last super long.

12

Actually I thought about this, too. So I swapped the SD-cards and the images upon them as well.
So the new installation works well on both physical cards. And both cards show the issue above with the “old” or “faulty” image.