Re: Veritas cluster management

On 08/30/2017 08:48 AM, Scott Mead wrote:
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> On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 9:43 AM, Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net
> <mailto:ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> For any of you with those failover clusters, do you know if "pg_ctl
> reload" works (for compatible config file changes), or must we bounce
> the database using "hares -offline" then "hares -online"?
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> pg_ctl reload does work in this case. HOWEVER, if you do something that
> could cause trouble to the cluster (i.e. a pg_hba.conf change that breaks
> connectivity), this could cause veritas to try and failover. It's
> recommended that you test your changes to avoid these scenarios.
>
> Technically however, pg_ctl reload works just fine, just don't break
> anything :)

That's great news. Many thanks.

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