Craig, By an existing database, I mean I have a database that has our data on it. I have created the btree_gist and bdr extensions and ran the bdr.bdr_group_create () function and the bdr.bdr_node_join_wait_for_ready(), all run successfully. After setting up the next BDR node, and after running bdr.bdr_group_join() function I run the bdr.bdr_node_join_wait_for_ready() function it just sits there and nothing returns. It doesn't look like it's replicating data either. But if I create both BDR nodes without any data in the 1st node they create fine and I can import the database from the export and the data will be in both nodes. Any insight into why this might occur? What is the best practice for creating a BDR environment with 2 BDR nodes and 1 UDR node? Carter -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.nabble.com/BDR-setup-bdr-node-join-wait-for-ready-tp5863606p5864213.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