Re: repmgr and archive_mode

From: Raghavendra <raghavendra(dot)rao(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Toby Corkindale <toby(dot)corkindale(at)strategicdata(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: repmgr and archive_mode
Date: 2011-07-29 08:23:55
Message-ID: CA+h6AhhM+w0uEOcOYjAiyPPBDV8xTfExqUW-cuCh+yDgoEo3-g@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Toby Corkindale <
toby(dot)corkindale(at)strategicdata(dot)com(dot)au> wrote:

> Hi,
> In the repmgr README, it suggests configuration should include:
>
> archive_mode = on
> archive_command = 'cd .'
>
> Could someone explain why we need archive_mode enabled? In my own testing
> of Pg's streaming replication, I've found it to work without this enabled.
>
>
AFAIK, enabling 'archive_mode' parameter turns the cluster into Archive-log
Mode and generates a copy of WAL segements to ARCHIVE destination.

Strange to know that Streaming replication done without this parameter,
could you share the output of the below command in the PRIMARY cluster.

show archive_mode
show archive_command

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Regards,
Raghavendra
EnterpriseDB Corporation
Blog: http://raghavt.blogspot.com/

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