Re: Unable to archive logs in standby server

At Tue, 30 Aug 2022 05:22:56 +0000, Meera Nair <mnair(at)commvault(dot)com> wrote in
> Hi Guillaume/team,
>
> I set archive_mode = always in master and standby.
> Archival to standby WAL directory completed when
>
> * standby server was restarted
> * pg_stop_backup was executed in master
>
> But archival hangs when pg_stop_backup is executed in standby.
> Could someone help to get this working?

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/continuous-archiving.html

> In the same connection as before, issue the command:
>
> SELECT * FROM pg_stop_backup(false, true);
>
> This terminates backup mode. On a primary, it also performs an
> automatic switch to the next WAL segment. On a standby, it is not
> possible to automatically switch WAL segments, so you may wish to run
> pg_switch_wal on the primary to perform a manual switch. The reason
> for the switch is to arrange for the last WAL segment file written
> during the backup interval to be ready to archive.

regards.

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