Common Errors

What can I do if I see a CPU increase after upgrading Vitess?
If you are running Vitess 7.0 or above, we introduced the schema tracker, which could be running on the VTTablets now. You can disable it in order to preven...
Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 3:24 PM
What are the steps to take after an unplanned failover?
In order to avoid creating orphaned VTTablets you will need to follow the steps below: Stop the VTTablets Delete the old VTTablet records Create th...
Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 12:19 PM
Error: mysqld not found in any of /usr/bin/{sbin,bin,libexec}
If you're all set up with Vitess but mysqld won't start, with an error like this: E0430 17:02:43.663441    5297 mysqlctl.go:254] failed start mysq...
Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 3:25 PM
Why is an SQL update with a primary key slow?
Using tuples in a WHERE clause can cause a MySQL slowdown. Consider: UPDATE tbl SET col=1 WHERE (pk1, pk2, pk3) IN (1,2,3), (4,5,6) After a few t...
Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 3:26 PM
Error: Could not open required defaults file: /path/to/my.cnf
If you cannot start a cluster and see that error in the logs it most likely means that AppArmor is running on your server and is preventing Vitess processes...
Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 3:28 PM