Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 15:41:39 -0400
From: Ray Stell <stellr@cns.vt.edu>
To: A J <s5aly@yahoo.com>
Cc: Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>,
	pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Switchover of Master and Slave roles
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On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 11:59:07AM -0700, A J wrote:
> We then rely on filesystem tools (or other third party tools) to get the 
> original master in sync with the new master efficiently and then make it join as 
> slave.
 
the doc would not be corrupted by an additional few words that stated as such:

"To return to normal operation, a standby server must be recreated using
external tools such as rsync, either on the former primary system when
it comes up, or on a third, possibly new, system."