Backup restored Restart server 1 to trigger schema synchronization # restart Restart server 2 to trigger schema synchronization # restart SET @old_ndb_metadata_check_server2 = @@global.ndb_metadata_check; SET GLOBAL ndb_metadata_check = false; SET @old_ndb_metadata_check_server1 = @@global.ndb_metadata_check; SET GLOBAL ndb_metadata_check = false; SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL, `b` varchar(30) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`a`) ) ENGINE=ndbcluster DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 SELECT * FROM t1; a b 1 a 2 bb 3 ccc ALTER TABLE t1 DROP COLUMN b; INSERT INTO t1 values (4),(5); SELECT * FROM t1; a 1 2 3 4 5 DROP TABLE t1; SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL, `b` varchar(30) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`a`) ) ENGINE=ndbcluster DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 SELECT * FROM t1; a b 1 a 2 bb 3 ccc ALTER TABLE t1 DROP COLUMN b; INSERT INTO t1 values (4),(5); SELECT * FROM t1; a 1 2 3 4 5 DROP TABLE t1; SET GLOBAL ndb_metadata_check = @old_ndb_metadata_check_server1; SET @old_ndb_metadata_check_interval = @@global.ndb_metadata_check_interval; SET GLOBAL ndb_metadata_check_interval = 0; SET GLOBAL ndb_metadata_check_interval = @old_ndb_metadata_check_interval; SELECT * FROM t1; a b 1 a 2 bb 3 ccc ALTER TABLE t1 DROP COLUMN b; INSERT INTO t1 values (4),(5); SELECT * FROM t1; a 1 2 3 4 5 DROP TABLE t1; SET GLOBAL ndb_metadata_check = @old_ndb_metadata_check_server2; SET GLOBAL ndb_metadata_check = @old_ndb_metadata_check_server1;