On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Roberto Scattini < roberto.scatt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi list, > > i'm installing a streaming replication master-slave setup in ubuntu 12.04 > LTS, with postgresql 9.1 > > the tutorials and the documentation are a very good start point, but i > have one question related to some fine grained configurations. > > it is said that i should stop the master db in order to make de starting > backup, OR run pg_start_backup and keep the archive files for the slave to > catch up. if i dont do this, maybe the slave stays far behind the master > and the wal_segments arent enough to start the replication. > if I understand this right, i can "combine" the old "warm standby" configs > of archive_command in the master and restore command in the slave to ensure > that the slave will have the necessary info to start the replication. > > > i mean, i can have both configurations enabled? > > no, i think my setup, with this config, is just doing warm standby. but the streaming replication was working before adding archive_command to master and restore_command to slave. i used the info from this site: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Streaming_Replication -- Roberto Scattini
