"David F. Skoll" <dfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I have one PostgreSQL 8.3 machine feeding WAL files to another PostgreSQL 8.3 > machine that's running in recovery mode. However, fairly often (every > few days), the standby machine breaks out of recovery mode with log messages > like: > 2009-10-23 21:47:40 EDT LOG: incorrect resource manager data checksum in record at 11/4E5AA18C > I'm pretty sure the WAL is shipped correctly (it's shipped via SCP). > The only thing I can think of is that the shipping version is 8.3.7 and > the consuming version is 8.3.8. Would this be enough to cause the > "incorrect checksum" message? No; there's no WAL change between 8.3.7 and 8.3.8. What seems more likely is that you're somehow shipping the WAL files before they're quite finished. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin