[Pgpool-general] Bringing back a database

[Tatsuo Ishii]

> If using master_slave_mode, if you switch away from a failed master, is
> it possible to bring it back after you restore it, or do you have to
> stop PgPool?
> 
> Is it possible to switch which one is the master and which one is the
> slave?

Currently no. You need to restart pgpool.

BTW pgpool-II has a communication manager which can handle various
types of request(the only communication path to pgpool is signal,
which is not very flexible). So it would not be very difficult to add
such functionality to pgpool-II.
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Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan