Thanks Dave.

But I am having some trouble trying to get replication to work.

Here is what I did:

1) On master server:
   a) I registered: lib/slevent.dll
   b) I register as a service: slon -regservice
   c) slon -listengines
      2 engine(s) registered for service 'Slony-I'
      Engine 1: E:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.2\data\slon.conf
      Engine 2: E:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.2\data\master.conf
   d) Started the slon service via manage->services

2) On Slave Server
   a) I registered: lib/slevent.dll
   b) I register as a service: slon -regservice
   c) slon -listengines
      2 engine(s) registered for service 'Slony-I'
      Engine 1: E:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.2\data\slon.conf
      Engine 2: E:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.2\data\slave.conf
   d) Started the slon service via manage->services

3) Launched: pgAdmin3 (v1.6.2)
   a) Created Master Server Connection
   b) Selected database: MyTest
   c) Right-clicked Replication object, selected from menu: New slony-I Cluster 
...
   d) Join existsing cluster: [unchecked]
      Server: <Master-Server-Name> [Greyed out]
      Database: MyTest [Entered data]
      Cluster Name: <Master-HostName>-Master-Cluster [entered data]
      Local Node: 1,  Value: "Master Node" [entered data]
      Admin Node: 99, Value: "pgAdmin Node" [entered data]
      Comment: <empty> [no data entered]
   d) Clicked OK and Completed structure shows:
      <Master Hostname>-Master-Cluster
        Nodes (2)
          Master Node
            Paths (0)
            listens (0)
          pgAdmin Node
            Paths (1)
              Master Node
            listens (1)
              Master Node (Master Node)
        Replication Sets (0)

    At this point, I tried to add a slave node but was unable to:
    a) I tried (on Master server) connection:
      1) Right-clicked Replication object, selected from menu: New slony-I 
Cluster ...
      2) Join existing cluster: [checked]
         Server: Master-Server-Name [no change]
         Database: MyTest [no change]
         Cluster-name: <Master-Server-Name>
         Local Node: 2, Value: "Slave Node" [entered data]
         Admin node: "99 - pgAdmin Node" [no change]
         Comment: <empty> [no data entered]
      3) Clicked OK and...
         "An error has occurred:
          ERROR: schema "_<Master-Host-Server>-Master-Cluster" already exists
         "

      So, perhaps I should not have added a join here, in the master server 
connection,
      so I clicked CANCEL

    b) Then I tried (on Slave Server) connection:
      1) Right-clicked Replication object, selected from menu: New slony-I 
Cluster ...
      2) Join existing cluster: [checked]
         Server: <Slave-Server-Name> [Initially was Greyed out, but active 
after a delay]
         Database: MyTest [unchanged]
         Cluster Name: <empty> [dropdown shows empty list and not selecteable]
         Local Node: <empty>, Value: <empty>
         Admin Node: <empty>, Value: <empty>
         Comment: <empty>

      At this point, it makes no sense to enter any fields after 'Cluster Name' 
since
      the 'Cluster Name' must have a value and 'OK' remains greyed out.

    So I am at loss to go any further...

    Any advice?

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dave Page [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 8:58 AM
>To: Daniel B. Thurman
>Cc: Pgadmin-Support (E-mail)
>Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] Implementing Replication via pgAdmin
>
>
>Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
>> I have tried to follow the pgAdmin slony support in the help sections
>> of pgAdmin and it seems to be inconsistent.  For example, it is not
>> intuitively clear from the help sections how exactly to 
>setup the master
>> and slave configurations.  From a windows client 
>perspective, it seems
>> that one must use command-line operations in order to setup the slony
>> services, create and configure the configuration files, and 
>then try to use
>> the pgAdmin replication objects to define the master/slave 
>relationships?
>
>Yes.
>
>> Since it is possible to create new connections to all of the 
>postgreSQL
>> servers within your network into the pgAdmin connections 
>list, should it
>> also be possible to seamlessly perform (slony) replication 
>for all of the
>> master/slaves databases with slony services automatically 
>initialized and
>> completely within pgAdmin without having to resort to manual 
>command-line
>> operations?
>
>The slon daemon (on *nix) or service & engines (on Windows) must be
>configured from the command line. pgAdmin makes no attempt to do this
>because that is entirely OS dependent (in fact, it is distribution
>dependent because, for example, Redhat and Slackware start daemons in
>entirely different ways). In addition, you may not even want 
>to run slon
>on the machine that you're running pgAdmin on, or even that you're
>running the database on.
>
>So yes, configure the slons on the command line, then use pgAdmin to
>create your replication clusters and sets.
>
>Regards, Dave
>
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