Re: Fwd: upgrade to PG11 on secondary fails (no initdb was launched)

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Fabio Pardi <f(dot)pardi(at)portavita(dot)eu>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, pgsql-performance(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Fwd: upgrade to PG11 on secondary fails (no initdb was launched)
Date: 2019-06-14 16:16:52
Message-ID: 20190614161652.GI2480@tamriel.snowman.net
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Greetings,

* Fabio Pardi (f(dot)pardi(at)portavita(dot)eu) wrote:
> I understand that in this thread we are contextualizing in a step by
> step procedure to create a new standby, but I have anyway a few remarks
> about it (and the documentation where it has been copied from) and I
> would be glad if you or somebody else could shed some light on it.

This is not a procedure for creating a new standby.

To create a *new* standby, with the primary online, use pg_basebackup or
another tool that knows how to issue the appropriate start/stop backup
and takes care of the WAL.

Thanks!

Stephen

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