Thanks Ondrej Ivanic, Thanks a lot for your replay. I just wanna know whether it is required for me to run initdb or setting the PGDATA environment variable is enough? Thanks, Debasis -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/Regarding-the-shared-disk-fail-over-cluster-configuration-tp4952316p4955421.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general