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Re: log shipping/DB recovery with PostgreSQL 7.4

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Thanks for the info.

What, then, is the best way to achieve my goal of having a "standby" DB that
can be kept within 15 minutes or so in sync with the primary?  periodic
pg_dump/restore?  Unfortunately, I can't upgrade right now.



-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua D. Drake [mailto:jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 4:41 PM
To: Porell, Chris
Cc: 'pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] log shipping/DB recovery with PostgreSQL 7.4


Porell, Chris wrote:
> I am trying to bring up a disaster recovery database using a cold-copy of
> the datafiles on a different machine.  I've got all WAL files since this
> copy was made.  Is it possible to make a 7.4 DB apply the WALs to the DB
> when I bring it up?

No, you need to be running >8.x.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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