@Override
  public void addReplicationMetrics(ReplicationMetricList replicationMetricList) {
    boolean commited = false;
    try {
      openTransaction();
      List<MReplicationMetrics> mReplicationMetricsList = new ArrayList<>();
      for (ReplicationMetrics replicationMetric : replicationMetricList.getReplicationMetricList()) {
        MReplicationMetrics mReplicationMetrics;
        try {
          mReplicationMetrics = pm.getObjectById(MReplicationMetrics.class,
            replicationMetric.getScheduledExecutionId());
        } catch (JDOObjectNotFoundException e) {
          mReplicationMetrics = new MReplicationMetrics();
          mReplicationMetrics.setDumpExecutionId(replicationMetric.getDumpExecutionId());
          mReplicationMetrics.setScheduledExecutionId(replicationMetric.getScheduledExecutionId());
          mReplicationMetrics.setPolicy(replicationMetric.getPolicy());
          mReplicationMetrics.setStartTime((int) (System.currentTimeMillis()/1000));
        }
        if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(replicationMetric.getMetadata())) {
          if (replicationMetric.getMetadata().length() > RM_METADATA_COL_WIDTH) {
            mReplicationMetrics.setProgress("RM_Metadata limit exceeded to " + replicationMetric.getMetadata().length());
          } else {
            mReplicationMetrics.setMetadata(replicationMetric.getMetadata());
          }
        }
        if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(replicationMetric.getProgress())) {
          // Check for the limit of RM_PROGRESS Column.
          if ((dbType.isORACLE() && replicationMetric.getProgress().length() > ORACLE_DB_MAX_COL_WIDTH)
              || replicationMetric.getProgress().length() > RM_PROGRESS_COL_WIDTH) {
            mReplicationMetrics.setProgress("RM_Progress limit exceeded to " + replicationMetric.getProgress().length());
          } else {
            mReplicationMetrics.setProgress(replicationMetric.getProgress());
          }
        }
        mReplicationMetrics.setMessageFormat(replicationMetric.getMessageFormat());
        mReplicationMetricsList.add(mReplicationMetrics);
      }
      pm.makePersistentAll(mReplicationMetricsList);
      commited = commitTransaction();
    } finally {
      rollbackAndCleanup(commited, null);
    }
  }
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standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/ObjectStore.java