On 4 January 2015 at 02:52, John Casey <john.ca...@innovisors.com> wrote:
> I'm still experiencing similar problems. I'm not certain what parameter you > are referring to when you say 'ehost'. Otherwise, I did want to clarify a > couple of things. I have tried several combinations, each one fails in > various ways. So ... > > (1) What is the exact syntax when calling bdr_init_copy from new nodes when > your database name is not 'postgres' and your user name is not 'postgres'. > Please note if you supply local or remote host/port in the command. > Use a connection string to identify the remote and the local ends. e.g.: bdr_init_copy --remote-dbname="host=node1 dbname=mydb" \ --local-dbname="dbname=mydb" \ -D datadir Both --remote-dbname and --local-dbname are libpq connection strings. > (2) Should you do a pg_ctl start on new node before trying to execute > bdr_init_copy. If I don't I get the error I posted earlier. No, you should not and must not start the server before running bdr_init_copy. (In the current development version of BDR this has all gone away, and bdr_init_copy will make a base backup for you).