| From: | Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info> |
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| To: | A J <s5aly(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Ray Stell <stellr(at)cns(dot)vt(dot)edu>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Switchover of Master and Slave roles |
| Date: | 2011-06-07 18:40:03 |
| Message-ID: | 1307472003.2027.1.camel@laptop |
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On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 11:33 -0700, A J wrote:
> >>To return to normal operation, a standby server must be recreated,
> either on the former primary system when it comes up<<
>
>
> What does it exactly mean to 'recreate a standby server' ? Can I not
> use the datafiles on the former primary and just let it sync and get
> the incremental from the new primary ? Do I have to remove all the
> data files from the former primary and get all the datafiles through
> rsync (or other similar manner) from the new primary ?
>
>
Don't remove them. This way, rsync will only send the changed files.
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Guillaume
http://blog.guillaume.lelarge.info
http://www.dalibo.com
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