Re: how to delay sync by a set time, hour or day?

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 8:37 AM, John Smith <jayzee(dot)smith(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> i want to setup a standby slave that listens 24/7 but only syncs when told to.
>
> setting "pause_at_recovery_target (boolean)" in recovery.conf on slave
> doesn't help since docs say it only "specifies whether recovery should
> pause when the recovery target is reached."
>
> also "recovery_target = 'immediate'" is the only value allowed.
>
> i want to delay sync by a set time, hour or day.
>
> how?
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/recovery-target-settings.html

Aren't pg_xlog_replay_pause and pg_xlog_replay_resume what you are looking for?
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/functions-admin.html#FUNCTIONS-RECOVERY-CONTROL
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Michael