On 7/6/2016 6:52 PM, Sameer Kumar wrote:
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> the only way to archive the wal_files from a slave into another
> slave on PostgreSQL 9.2, is by using pg_reveivexlog?
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> Yes. Though I have never tried this myself but going by the theory, it
> should work.
a slave doesn't generate wal_files at all.
if your master is keeping a wal_archive, slaves, including cascaded
streaming slaves, can all use that same archive as their wal source,
these are only used for catchup when streaming is interrupted.
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