A J <s5aly@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > What are the various ways in which I can validate that a standby (new or > existing) is caught-up with the master ? For streaming replication setup in > v9.x You could use repmgr to monitor your standby: http://repmgr.org/ https://github.com/greg2ndQuadrant/repmgr postgres@node2 $ psql -x -d pgbench -c "SELECT * FROM repmgr_test.repl_status" -[ RECORD 1 ]-------------+------------------------------ primary_node | 1 standby_node | 2 last_monitor_time | 2011-02-23 08:19:39.791974-05 last_wal_primary_location | 0/1902D5E0 last_wal_standby_location | 0/1902D5E0 replication_lag | 0 bytes apply_lag | 0 bytes time_lag | 00:26:13.30293 Regards, -- Dimitri Fontaine http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin