Re: replication consistency checking

If you're using Streaming Replication, then the internal PostgreSQL code
ensures consistency... but if you wanted to make sure that your standby is
applying logs, then you can use something like:

postgres(at)HOST2:~$ psql -c 'select pg_last_xlog_receive_location()
"receive_location", pg_last_xlog_replay_location() "replay_location",
pg_is_in_recovery() "recovery_status";'

receive_location | replay_location | recovery_status

------------------+-----------------+-----------------

7/68002388 | 7/68002388 | t

(1 row)

... or as suggested previously, use repmgr, which has a "repmgrd" daemon
that keeps things monitored for you:

postgres(at)HOST1:~$ psql repmgr repmgr -c 'select * from
repmgr_test.repl_monitor;'

primary_node | standby_node | last_monitor_time |
last_apply_time | last_wal_primary_location |
last_wal_standby_location | replication_lag | apply_lag

--------------+--------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+-----------------+-----------

1 | 2 | 2015-06-04 09:09:37.920809+00 | 2015-06-04
09:09:37.712235+00 | 30/F85D7280 | 30/F85D7280
| 0 | 0

1 | 2 | 2015-06-04 09:09:40.45123+00 | 2015-06-04
09:09:38.251625+00 | 30/F85D73C0 | 30/F85D73C0
| 0 | 0

1 | 2 | 2015-06-04 09:09:42.966728+00 | 2015-06-04
09:09:40.75668+00 | 30/F85D74C0 | 30/F85D74C0
| 0 | 0

1 | 2 | 2015-06-04 09:09:45.480471+00 | 2015-06-04
09:09:43.273428+00 | 30/F85D75C0 | 30/F85D75C0
| 0 | 0

1 | 2 | 2015-06-04 09:09:47.997739+00 | 2015-06-04
09:09:45.785806+00 | 30/F85D76C0 | 30/F85D76C0
| 0 | 0

1 | 2 | 2015-06-04 09:09:50.515236+00 | 2015-06-04
09:09:48.303822+00 | 30/F85D77C0 | 30/F85D77C0
| 0 | 0

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On 4 June 2015 at 09:47, hydra <hydrapolic(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Venkata Balaji N <nag1010(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 2:49 PM, hydra <hydrapolic(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>>> After setting up streaming replication, is it possible to check whether
>>> the slave has the same data as the master?
>>>
>>>
>> Yes. There are quite a few ways to check the sync status between master
>> and standby. Which version of PostgreSQL are you using by the way ?
>>
>> Generally, you can easily build some scripts and schedule them in cron to
>> check the status. You can use functions or catalog views to monitor the
>> status, this depends on the version of PG you are using.
>>
>> You can also use tools like "repmgr" to monitor and manage replication. I
>> am not 100% sure how good or efficient it is.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Venkata Balaji N
>>
>> Fujitsu Australia
>>
>>
> Thanks for the answer, however I'm looking for a data consistency check.
>
> That means, you deploy your master standby replication, you're happily
> running it and after 3 months you decide to do a failover. How can one be
> sure the data are the same?
>
> I'm running PostgreSQL 9.4.
>
>