On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 18:36, Steeles <steeles@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the quick reply.
>
> so if I switch target database from recovery mode to normal mode and do
> pg_dump to backup, then switch it back to recovery mode.
You can't switch back.
Well, you can - by setting up the replication again from scratch,
meaning from a new base backup. That also means that if the master
crashes while you're backing up your slave, it will be out of date.
> Will it break the relationship between source and target? Do I need to
> re-configure it in order to receive the WAL files?
Yes.
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