Does this mean the fail-over will not be auto the moment the primary DB or Server goes down? Does it require for us to manually intervene to introduce the trigger_file?
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:17 AM, Dean Gibson (DB Administrator) < [email protected]> wrote: > On 2011-02-16 18:10, Selva manickaraja wrote: > >> We tried setting the trigger file for fail-over purpose. But we just can't >> understand how it works. Each time the secondary is started the trigger file >> is removed. How can we introduce auto fail-over is this happens? >> >> Thank you. Regards, Selvam >> > > That's exactly what is supposed to happen. You will also find that the > recover.conf file gets renamed when the trigger file is created by you > (and then is promptly deleted by PostgreSQL). > > Don't create the trigger file until you want the hot-standby server to > switch roles and become the primary server (and thusly accept DB change > requests). > > -- > Mail to my list address MUST be sent via the mailing list. > All other mail to my list address will bounce. > > >
