1) 9.6 2) $ cat postgresql.conf # Do not edit this file manually! # It will be overwritten by Patroni! include 'postgresql.base.conf' cluster_name = 'pcl_l702' hot_standby = 'on' hot_standby_feedback = 'True' listen_addresses = 'localhost,tstm49003.tstglobal.tst.loc,pcl_l702.tstglobal.tst.loc' max_connections = '100' max_locks_per_transaction = '64' max_prepared_transactions = '0' max_replication_slots = '10' max_wal_senders = '10' max_worker_processes = '8' port = '5436' track_commit_timestamp = 'off' wal_keep_segments = '8' wal_level = 'replica' wal_log_hints = 'on' hba_file = '/pgdata/pcl_l702/pg_hba.conf' ident_file = '/pgdata/pcl_l702/pg_ident.conf' $ $ $ $ cat postgresql.base.conf datestyle = 'iso, mdy' default_text_search_config = 'pg_catalog.english' dynamic_shared_memory_type = posix lc_messages = 'en_US.UTF-8' lc_monetary = 'de_CH.UTF-8' lc_numeric = 'de_CH.UTF-8' lc_time = 'de_CH.UTF-8' logging_collector = on log_directory = 'pg_log' log_rotation_age = 1d log_rotation_size = 0 log_timezone = 'Europe/Vaduz' log_truncate_on_rotation = on max_connections = 100 timezone = 'Europe/Vaduz' archive_command = 'test ! -f /tmp/pg_archive_backup_running_on_pcl_l702* && rsync --checksum %p /pgxlog_archive/pcl_l702/%f' archive_mode = on archive_timeout = 1800 cluster_name = pcl_l702 cron.database_name = 'pdb_l72_oiz' # effective_cache_size listen_addresses = '*' log_connections = on log_destination = 'stderr, csvlog' log_disconnections = on log_filename = 'postgresql-%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S.log' log_line_prefix = '%t : %h=>%u@%d : %p-%c-%v : %e ' log_statement = 'ddl' max_wal_senders = 5 port = 5436 shared_buffers = 512MB shared_preload_libraries = 'auto_explain, pg_stat_statements, pg_cron, pg_statsinfo' wal_buffers = 16MB wal_compression = on wal_level = replica # work_mem 3) 12:00h: primary - standby => Some clients commited some transactions; Failover 12:05h: standby - primary => Some clients connected + commited some transactions; Failover 12:10h: primary - standby On 11/7/19 7:18 AM, Zwettler Markus (OIZ) wrote: > I already asked the Patroni folks. They told me this is not related to Patroni but Postgresql. ;-) Hard to say without more information: 1) Postgres version 2) Setup/config info 3) Detail if what happened between 12:00 and 12:10 > > - Markus > > > > On 11/7/19 5:52 AM, Zwettler Markus (OIZ) wrote: >> we are using Patroni for management of our Postgres standby databases. >> >> we take our (wal) backups on the primary side based on intervals and thresholds. >> our archived wal's are written to a local wal directory first and moved to tape afterwards. >> >> we got a case where Patroni switched back and forth sides quickly, e.g.: >> 12:00h: primary - standby >> 12:05h: standby - primary >> 12:10h: primary - standby >> >> we realised that we will not have a wal backup of those wal's generated between 12:05h and 12:10h in this scenario. >> >> how can we make sure that the whole wal sequence trail will be backuped? any idea? > > Probably best to ask the Patroni folks: > > https://github.com/zalando/patroni#community > >> >> - Markus >> >> > > -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx