Re: Removal of $PGDATA/base files that existed before streaming replication (v9.2.4) - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Stéphane Schildknecht
Subject Re: Removal of $PGDATA/base files that existed before streaming replication (v9.2.4)
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In response to Removal of $PGDATA/base files that existed before streaming replication (v9.2.4)  (Dana Rea <drea@boldsystems.org>)
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Le 28/08/2013 15:50, Dana Rea a écrit :
> Dear pgsql-admin,
>
> I set up streaming replication using the rsync base backup described in
> the wiki: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Binary_Replication_Tutorial
>
> However, before starting replication I had previously loaded some
> databases on the "Secondary" server for testing. Folders for those db's
> are still in base/ and are consuming a lot of disk space. du reports that
> the base on my Secondary is twice as large as on the Primary.
>
> Do I have safe options for removing this unused data, beyond clearing the
> Secondary's $PGDATA folder and re-doing the synchronization?
>
> Cheers,
>

Hi,

You should try "rsync" with --delete option.
Therefore you'll be able to not synchronize what's already on slave, and
delete what's not on the master anymore.

Regards,

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Stéphane Schildknecht
http://www.Loxodata.com
Contact régional PostgreSQL
http://bistri.me/sas

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