Promotion of standby to master - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Andy Chambers
Subject Promotion of standby to master
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Msg-id CAAfW55q315EBAEJVzgYmrdKdyCronUGJKep3xMhM+WT=kgDYhA@mail.gmail.com
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Responses Re: Promotion of standby to master  (Ben Chobot <bench@silentmedia.com>)
List pgsql-general
I understand that it's possible to promote a "hot standby" pg server
simply by creating the failover file.  In a scenario where there are
multiple standby servers, is it possible to point the other standby
servers to the new master without creating a new base backup?

When I tried to do this, I ran into the "timeline 2 of the primary
does not match recovery target timeline 1".  I'm just trying to figure
out if that's because the procedure I followed to promote the standby
was wrong or because it's just not possible.


Thanks,
Andy

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