On Mar 2, 8:37 pm, masao.fu...@xxxxxxxxx (Fujii Masao) wrote: > On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Jason Clark > > <j.clark.127.0....@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-ad...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription:http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin Perfect! took ages to find that bit. Thank you a ton! -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin