Patent ID: 6970876

Claim:
A method for managing database application configuration data in at least one database system comprising at least one application master database node, at least one application replica database node, at least one application having access to the application master database node or the replica database node, at least one configuration management master database node and at least one configuration management replica database node, wherein the at least one configuration management master database node and at least one configuration management replica database node are for managing at least one of the at least one application master database node, the at least one application replica database node and/or at least one application, the method which comprises the steps of: storing new configuration data in the configuration management master database node, synchronizing at least part of the configuration data to the at least one configuration management replica database node, and altering the configuration of the at least one application master database node and/or at least one application replica database node and/or application on the basis of at least part of the configuration data of the at least one configuration management replica database.