On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 06:21:35PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:04:50PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > >> Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> writes: > >> > + While a Log-Shipping Standby Server (<xref linkend="warm-standby">) > >> > can > >> > + be upgraded, the server must be in changed to a primary server to > >> > allow > >> > + writes, and after the upgrade it cannot be reused as a standby > >> > server. > >> > + (Running <command>rsync</> after the upgrade allows reuse.) > >> > >> "in changed"? This sentence makes no sense at all to me. > > > > Oops. New wording attached with "in" removed: > > > > the server must be changed to a primary server > > Don't we normally talk about "must be promoted to a primary server", > not changed?
OK, sure, updated patch attached. > And wouldn't it be good if it also mentions that another good option > is to just pg_upgrade the master and rebuild the standby? (Unless > that's already mentioned somewhere else). I assume they already realize they re-create the standbys. > What's the actual usecase for promoting the slave, upgrading it and > then *not* using it, which is what I think this paragraph suggests? Testing maybe? I feel we have just avoided saying what you can and can't do with the standbys and pg_upgrade, so I think we have to state something. If we just want to say "recreate", let's say that. > And I think the sentence about running rsync is extremely vague - run > rsync where and how? What are you actually trying to suggest people > do? Updated docs attached. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. +
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/pgupgrade.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/pgupgrade.sgml new file mode 100644 index 30f4544..623276a *** a/doc/src/sgml/pgupgrade.sgml --- b/doc/src/sgml/pgupgrade.sgml *************** psql --username postgres --file script.s *** 518,523 **** --- 518,531 ---- </para> <para> + While a Log-Shipping Standby Server (<xref linkend="warm-standby">) can + be upgraded, the server must be promoted to a primary server to allow + writes, and after the upgrade it cannot be reused as a standby server. + You can run <command>rsync</> after the upgrade to guarantee all the + files are identical, and then the former standby can be reused. + </para> + + <para> If you want to use link mode and you do not want your old cluster to be modified when the new cluster is started, make a copy of the old cluster and upgrade that in link mode. To make a valid copy
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