Re: Enable WAL Archive in Replication server

Thanks so much.

On 12 Aug 2013, at 6:45 AM, Michael Paquier wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 1:53 AM, ascot(dot)moss(at)gmail(dot)com
> <ascot(dot)moss(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> I want to enable WAL archive on the replica, I am advised that WAL archive
>> can only be enabled on the Master, can you please advise if this is a bug
>> and any workaround available?
> Archiving a WAL file is only done once its generation has been
> completed by a master server. A standby node only replays WAL files,
> copying them from the indicated archive folder with restore_command to
> its local pg_xlog folder when necessary, and performs no archive
> actions.
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/continuous-archiving.html#BACKUP-ARCHIVING-WAL
> --
> Michael