Hi, everyone. I am puzzled about the question: the master A has two slave slave_1 , slave_2 , the version of postgres is 9.3. I want to promote one slave to master, and the other slave as the new master's slave, but which slave should can promote ?
get the master-slave information from old master: postgres=# select * from pg_stat_replication; -[ RECORD 1 ]----+------------------------------ pid | 15377 usesysid | 10 usename | postgres application_name | slave_1 client_addr | 10.20.16.201 client_hostname | client_port | 46086 backend_start | 2017-03-19 12:42:02.026278+08 state | streaming sent_location | 1/34FB0000 write_location | 1/34EB0000 flush_location | 1/34DB0000 replay_location | 1/34C4FFD8 sync_priority | 0 sync_state | async -[ RECORD 2 ]----+------------------------------ pid | 15411 usesysid | 10 usename | postgres application_name | slave_2 client_addr | 10.20.16.200 client_hostname | client_port | 51102 backend_start | 2017-03-19 12:42:12.477886+08 state | streaming sent_location | 1/414FD320 write_location | 1/414FD320 flush_location | 1/414FD320 replay_location | 1/3DD91468 sync_priority | 0 sync_state | async 1. which one can promote to master ,slave_1 or slave_2 ? :: I think it is slave_2, because write_location slave_2 1/414FD320 > slave_1 (1/34FB0000), it is right? 2. If the slave_1 is sync state, which one can promote to master? I am puzzled.