On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Andrew Hannon <ahannon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > Now that 9.1 has been released, I have two questions: > > 1. Can we upgrade a 9.0 hot standby (replicating from a 9.0 master) to a 9.1 standby while still replicating from the 9.0 master? Are there any version differences that would cause a problem? We would then eventually promote the 9.1 machine to the master... Not yet. That's a planned feature awaiting funding. > 2. Is it possible to do something like the following: > A. Pause Replication on a hot standby (using the pause_at_recovery_target recovery target setting) > B. Call pg_dumpall on the slave > C. Resume replication (by disabling the pause_at_recovery_target recovery target setting) > > During the pause, we would likely continue shipping WAL to the slave (unless this is unadvisable). > > Is this a reasonable approach? It will work... please read about the functions for pause/resume. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
