Re: Timeline Conflict

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Pedro Sam <pesam(at)rim(dot)com>
Cc: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, senthilnathan <senthilnathan(dot)t(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Timeline Conflict
Date: 2011-08-02 20:18:50
Message-ID: CA+U5nMLvj3KwfFC-oNozKiPZPrCeTNE97WZxshq6hOj4m-FhXw@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Pedro Sam <pesam(at)rim(dot)com> wrote:
> I've been trying to use repmgr for just that purpose.  Looks like it simply creates/modifies a recovery.conf pointing primary_conninfo to the new master, and then restart.  It does not seem to have the ability to resolve any timeline conflicts at all.
>
> Am I using repmgr incorrectly?

It would appear so.

repmgr is not a fix for a problem situation, it is a management system
that will avoid the problems in the first place.

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