Re: [HACKERS] Clarification in pg10's pgupgrade.html step 10(upgrading standby servers) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Clarification in pg10's pgupgrade.html step 10(upgrading standby servers)
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Msg-id 20170916160220.GD9874@momjian.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Clarification in pg10's pgupgrade.html step 10(upgrading standby servers)  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 03:12:50PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I talked with Stephen about this on IM.  The issue is that if you don't
> do --delete, and there are files in the primary that are not in the
> standby, they are copied, but files in the standby and not in the
> primary are kept.  This could lead to mixed primary/standby log files,
> or worse.  Using --delete means the new standby exactly matches the new
> primary and all the steps you need to adjust after a base backup are the
> same.
> 
> I added a mention of rsync --dry-run per Stephen's suggestion.
> 
> I have also added a paragraph from Magnus that I developed via IM that
> explains that you can use rsync to upgrade one standby from another
> standby, if the standby has not been started.

Patch applied through 9.5.  Updated docs at:
http://momjian.us/pgsql_docs/pgupgrade.html

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