breaking replication then resetting it

mariadb 5.5.60-MariaDB

I have a LIVE DB in a database "bugtracker". that mariadb instance also has these databases

information_schema mysql performance_schema test

I have a DR DB in a database "bugtracker". that mariadb instance also has these databases

information_schema mysql performance_schema

Replication is set up for bugtracker.

I am sorting a failover procedure.

Failover: stop replication on DR mysql> stop slave; mysql> reset master; mysql> change master to master_host='';

Stop MySQL database on DR

Edit /etc/my.cnf on DR to change server-id to 1 (from 2) Start MySQL database on DR

then use DR as the "live" site.

FAILBACK: mysqldump bugtracker on DR import bugtracker on live

Stop the MySQL database on LIVE Stop the MySQL database on DR

Edit /etc/my.cnf on DR to change server-id to 2 (back from 1)

Start the MySQL database on DR Start the MySQL database on LIVE

re-enable replication from LIVE to DR Initial setups/configurations are already done obviously so these steps are all that is needed to restart replication.

ON LIVE: use bugtracker; FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK; SHOW MASTER STATUS;

record the information displayed e.g. +----------------------+----------+-------------------+------------------------+

+----------------------+----------+-------------------+------------------------+

+----------------------+----------+--------------------+------------------------+

reset the grant GRANT REPLICATION SLAVE ON *.* TO replication_user@DR_IP IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';

ON DR use bugtracker; CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_HOST='LIVE_IP',MASTER_USER='replication_user',MASTER_PASSWORD='PASSWORD',MASTER_LOG_FILE='<see above>', MASTER_LOG_POS=<see above>;START SLAVE;

check slave status SHOW SLAVE STATUS\G Check for lines Slave_IO_Running: Yes Slave_SQL_Running: Yes

That seems sufficient to me.

But a colleague is suggesting that having dumped DR and imported to LIVE I now have to recreate the entire SLAVE DB stuff all from scratch - which seems overkill to me. ie delete the DR Dbs nd recreate them then dump the entire LIVE to import to DB?

??

cheers

didds