> I am configuring warm-standby as documented here: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/warm-standby.html > > I am using "pg_standby", & may have it working corrrectly, but am not sure. > > 1) The standby database never 'starts', right? (/etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 > start" times out; I can't connect to the db to see if tables are correct). > > 2) Because of #1, I suppose I can't do a pg_dump on the standby db?
Exactly. That's what Hot Standby does in 9.x -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services