Hi, I want to archive WAL log files in the replication server as well, the postgresql.conf is added with following new lines, after restarting PG, the /var/pgsql/data/archive/ is still empty after 1 hour: ### new lines added today # # to enable the replica as Hot Standby hot_standby = on # # to enable WAL archive (coped from master's conf) wal_level = hot_standby max_wal_senders = 5 wal_keep_segments = 500 wal_sync_method = fsync fsync = on archive_mode = on archive_command = 'test ! -f /var/pgsql/data/archive/%f && cp %p /var/pgsql/data/archive/%f' ### ls -la /var/pgsql/data/archive/ total 8 drwx------ 2 postgres root 4096 Aug 11 16:12 ./ drwx------ 3 postgres root 4096 Aug 10 10:59 ../ PG: 9.2.4 OS: Ubuntu 12.04 I am new to Streaming Replication, can you please advise why there is no WAL archive files found in the archive folder? regards -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general