[Pgpool-general] What is the recommended way to migrate a DB to replicate it with pgpool

[Christian Nolte]

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Felix J. Ogris schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
>> Let's say the postgresql admin is the only user active on the source
>> backend during the replication. As WAL is already enabled on that host I
>> guess a server restart would make sure that the tx-logs are synced, or
> 
> yip, the source node has to be shut down for the pg_xlogs written to disk.
> 
>> am I wrong here? Would a dump ( made to the destination backend (not
>> using pgpool, but directly through postgresql) then be save, or is the
>> WAL-method you've described necessary for some other reason?
> 
> If nobody modifies the source database meanwhile, then pg_dump / pg_restore
> will do the job. The WAL method just minimizes downtime and time needed for
> the actual copy, probably.

Ok then, thank you! I will try both methods in a test environment before
letting it go productive.

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