On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 1:10 PM James Sewell <james.sew...@jirotech.com> wrote:
> Hey, > > I understand that. > > But a hot standby should always be ready to promote (given it originally > caught up) right? > > I think it's a moot point really as some sort of corruption has been > introduced, the machines still won't wouldn't start after they could see > the archive destination again. > Did you had a pending basebackup on the standby or a start backup (with no matching stop backup)? Was there a crash/immediate shutdown on the standby during this network outage? Do you have full page writes/fsync disabled? > > Cheers, > > James Sewell, > Solutions Architect > > > > Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf, 26-32 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont NSW 2009 > *P *(+61) 2 8099 9000 <(+61)%202%208099%209000> *W* www.jirotech.com > *F *(+61) 2 8099 9099 <(+61)%202%208099%209000> > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 12:36 PM, John R Pierce <pie...@hogranch.com> > wrote: > >> On 8/15/2016 7:23 PM, James Sewell wrote: >> >>> Those are all good questions. >>> >>> Essentially this is a situation where DR is network separated from Prod >>> - so I would expect the archive command to fail. I'll have to check the >>> script it must not be passing the error back through to PostgreSQL. >>> >>> This still shouldn't cause database corruption though right? - it's just >>> not getting WALs. >>> >> >> if the slave database is asking for the WAL's, it needs them. if it needs >> them and can't get them, then it can't catch up and start. >> >> >> >> -- >> john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) >> To make changes to your subscription: >> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general >> > > > ------------------------------ > The contents of this email are confidential and may be subject to legal or > professional privilege and copyright. No representation is made that this > email is free of viruses or other defects. If you have received this > communication in error, you may not copy or distribute any part of it or > otherwise disclose its contents to anyone. Please advise the sender of your > incorrect receipt of this correspondence. -- -- Best Regards Sameer Kumar | DB Solution Architect *ASHNIK PTE. LTD.* 101 Cecil Street, #11-11 Tong Eng Building, Singapore 069 533 T: +65 6438 3504 | M: +65 8110 0350 Skype: sameer.ashnik | www.ashnik.com
