On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 3:47 AM, Nikolai ZHUBR<zhubr@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Scott, > >>> I'd like to be able to run one of TWO independently installed server >>> instances on the same single data cluster. Actually, there are even >>> 2 separate OS instances for that, though they are mostly identical and >>> they share the same harddisk. Server instances are also identical >>> versions. > >> Sorry can't do that. The way pgsql works it needs to be a single >> postmaster on a single server. > > Probably I was not clear enough - I meant that only _one_ postmaster > is run at a time, of course. What is wanted is that the user be able > to choose _which_ one at boot time (So, 2 identical posmasters, 1 > cluster, 1 postmaster always up, 1 postmaster always down). Yeah, that should work, as long as only one postmaster is up at a time. They both need to run under the same account. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
