Re: Fwd: Reversing flow of WAL shipping

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
To: "jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "David Jantzen" <djantzen(at)ql2(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Reversing flow of WAL shipping
Date: 2009-10-22 17:41:59
Message-ID: 4AE05317020000250002BDE8@gw.wicourts.gov
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David Jantzen <djantzen(at)ql2(dot)com> wrote:

> Thanks for the quick response Joshua, much appreciated. Is there
> any way to avoid or minimize a period without a warm standby when I
> switch to Server B for production? What about rsyncing the data
> directory from Server B to Server C after B goes live?

In my experience, proper use of rsync just before the switch, combined
with use of rsync as your PITR base backup technique, can make for a
very short period without warm standby.

-Kevin

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