Patent ID: 9632887
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon: first program instructions programmed to operate a database management system (DBMS) including an initial primary cluster and a plurality of standby clusters; second program instructions programmed to communicate to a set of client driver(s) connecting a first application to the initial primary cluster an identity of the plurality of standby clusters; third program instructions programmed to identify one or more internet protocol addresses, the one or more internet protocol addresses being associated with each of the plurality of standby clusters; fourth program instructions to select a standby cluster of the plurality of standby clusters as the primary standby cluster; fifth program instructions programmed to in response to the initial primary cluster being unavailable and subsequent to the selection of the primary standby cluster, assign the primary standby cluster as a new primary cluster in place of the initial primary cluster; and sixth program instructions programmed to in response to assignment of the new primary cluster,