2016-12-12 12:09 GMT+13:00 Patrick B <patrickbake...@gmail.com>: > 2016-12-12 12:00 GMT+13:00 Venkata B Nagothi <nag1...@gmail.com>: > >> >> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 7:48 AM, Patrick B <patrickbake...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> Are the history files copied with the wal_files? Or I have to do it >>> separated? >>> >>> 00000003.history': No such file or directory >>> >>> >>> I'm using PostgreSQL 9.2. >>> >> >> Can you please explain the scenario you are referring to ? during >> streaming replication ? or during standby promotion ? >> >> >> > > > Sure... > > I've got: > > > Master01 (sending wal_files to the slaves) > > slave01 (streaming replication from master01 + wal_files) > > slave02 (streaming replication from master01 + wal_files) > > I'll turn slave01 into a master; on recovery.conf: > > trigger_file = '/tmp/pg_failover_trigger';touch /tmp/pg_failover_trigger > > > Then, the new scenario will be: > > slave01 (*NEW MASTER*) > > slave02 (streaming replication from slave01 + wal_files) > > > Will slave02 be able to switch the timeline using wal_files provided by > the new master? > Thanks > >
No.. it didn't copy. i tested here. I had to manually copy the history file from /var/lib/pgsql/9.2/data/pg_xlogs from the new master to the same directory on the slaves.
