On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 10:42 AM, <ghazel@gmail.com> wrote:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 6756
> Logged by: Greg Hazel
> Email address: ghazel@gmail.com
> PostgreSQL version: 9.1.4
> Operating system: Amazon Linux
> Description:
>
> Trying to get a slave to stream updates from a master, I had both:
>
> restore_command = 'pg_standby /data/pgsql9/archive %f %p %r 2>>standby.log'
>
>
> and:
>
> primary_conninfo = 'host=10.x.y.z port=5432 user=postgres'
>
> This configuration never streamed from the master, even after restarts,
> waiting hours, etc. After all that, I removed restore_command and restarted,
> and the slave started streaming immediately.
>
> This seems to contradict many guides and the documentation I've found.
No. You need to use cp or something instead of pg_standby if you'd like to
use streaming replication. pg_standby is the tool for file-based log shipping
replication.
Regards,
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Fujii Masao