Re: Failed archive_command copy - number of attempts configurable? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Fujii Masao
Subject Re: Failed archive_command copy - number of attempts configurable?
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Msg-id AANLkTi=CiXuwa4zQu6nxnTbvRyAzyJjTjwK7J5odCZam@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Failed archive_command copy - number of attempts configurable?  ("dan.m.harris" <daniel.harris@metaswitch.com>)
Responses Re: Failed archive_command copy - number of attempts configurable?  (Daniel Harris <daniel.harris@metaswitch.com>)
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On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 4:01 AM, dan.m.harris
<daniel.harris@metaswitch.com> wrote:
> But then the primary retries this another 49 times! So 150 attempts in all.
>
> What I need to know is whether these numbers are configurable?

No.

> Can they be
> timed? How long before the primary stops retrying altogether?

Forever until the archive will have been available again.

BTW, since the primary cannot remove the unarchived WAL file from
pg_xlog directory, unless you fix the archive soon, the primary might
run out of the disk space and cause a PANIC error.

Regards,

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Fujii Masao
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
NTT Open Source Software Center

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