On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Jason Clark <j.clark.127.0.0.1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > so thats not an issue, also, the backup server is pulling the WAL > files and loading them properly, here is my recovery.conf file: > > standby_mode = 'on' > restore_command = 'usr/pgsql-9.0/bin/pg_standby -d -w 300 -t /tmp/ > trigger.5423 /mnt/win/ %f %p 2>>standby.log > archive_cleanup_command = '/usr/pgsql-9.0/bin/pg_archivecleanup -d / > mnt/win %r 2>>cleanup.log If pg_standby is used, standby_mode must be set to off. Otherwise, as you observed, the trigger file cannot promote the standby. In 9.0, pg_standby doesn't remove the trigger file automatically, so if you want that, you need to set recovery_end_command to the command which removes the trigger file. Regards, -- Fujii Masao NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION NTT Open Source Software Center -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin