From: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info>
To: A J <s5aly@yahoo.com>
Cc: Ray Stell <stellr@cns.vt.edu>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Switchover of Master and Slave roles
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:40:03 +0200
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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.infohttp://www.dalibo.com
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