Re: WAL replication from an Old Production server

On 12/13/22 04:16, KK CHN wrote:
> List,
>
> I have to perform WAL Streaming replication configuration for
>
>  An existing small  production server with 600 GB of size grown over for 
> two years.  There is no WAL replication in place configured as of now.
>
> 2. If I want to perform WAL replication to a new Standby Server
>     How to copy the 600 GB of DB data  to Standby?   OR when we configure 
> the WAL replication attributes on primary and standby will the Standby 
> automatically copy all the 600 GB data to the defined WAL archive dir ?
>
> Or Do I need to manually copy the data directory of primary by SCP over 
> NW  or by copying the data directory of Primary to a  USB disk and 
> manually copy to the  WAL archive_dir folder defined in the standby ?  
> What method to follow ? why?
>
> 3. In WAL streaming replication what ports/protocols are used for copying 
> the data directory of primary to archive_dir of standby server and for 
> Streaming ?

The Google search "how to set up streaming replication in postgresql 12" 
answered all my questions.

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