On 17 August 2017 at 10:51, Ian Barwick <ian.barw...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:

> On 08/16/2017 02:41 PM, Alex Samad wrote:
> (...)
> >
> > okay think I have it setup, but when i do a switch over it gets stuck
> here.
> >
> >
> >
> > NOTICE: STANDBY PROMOTE successful
> > NOTICE: Executing pg_rewind on old master server
> > NOTICE: 3 files copied to /var/lib/pgsql/9.6/data
> > NOTICE: restarting server using '/usr/pgsql-9.6/bin/pg_ctl  -w -D
> /var/lib/pgsql/9.6/data -m fast restart'
> > pg_ctl: PID file "/var/lib/pgsql/9.6/data/postmaster.pid" does not exist
> > Is server running?
> > starting server anyway
> > NOTICE: STANDBY FOLLOW successful
>
> From the repmgr README:
>
> >> You must ensure that following a server start using `pg_ctl`, log output
> >> is not send to STDERR (the default behaviour). If logging is not
> configured,
> >> we recommend setting `logging_collector=on` in `postgresql.conf` and
> >> providing an explicit `-l/--log` setting in `repmgr.conf`'s
> `pg_ctl_options`
> >> parameter.
>
> i.e. when the old primary is restarted with:
>
>     /usr/pgsql-9.6/bin/pg_ctl  -w -D /var/lib/pgsql/9.6/data -m fast
> restart
>
> the calling process hangs, waiting for logging output from pg_ctl.
> In "repmgr.conf" set "pg_ctl_options" to something like:
>
>     pg_ctl_options='-l /path/to/log'
>
>
> Regards


Thanks, simple when you know, too many new things to look at



>
>
> Ian Barwick
>
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