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PostgreSQL 16 Administration Cookbook

You're reading from   PostgreSQL 16 Administration Cookbook Solve real-world Database Administration challenges with 180+ practical recipes and best practices

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835460580
Length 636 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Boriss Mejías Boriss Mejías
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Jimmy Angelakos Jimmy Angelakos
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Simon Riggs Simon Riggs
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Gianni Ciolli Gianni Ciolli
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Vibhor Kumar Vibhor Kumar
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. First Steps 2. Exploring the Database FREE CHAPTER 3. Server Configuration 4. Server Control 5. Tables and Data 6. Security 7. Database Administration 8. Monitoring and Diagnosis 9. Regular Maintenance 10. Performance and Concurrency 11. Backup and Recovery 12. Replication and Upgrades 13. Other Books You May Enjoy
14. Index

Monitoring replication

Monitoring the status and progress of your replication is essential. We’ll start by looking at the server status and then query the progress of replication.

Getting ready

You’ll need to start by checking the state of your server(s).

Check whether a server is up by using pg_isready or another program that uses the PQping() application programming interface (API) call. You’ll get one of the following responses:

  • PQPING_OK (return code 0): The server is running and appears to be accepting connections.
  • PQPING_REJECT (return code 1): The server is running but is in a state that disallows connections (startup, shutdown, or crash recovery) or a standby that is not enabled with Hot Standby.
  • PQPING_NO_RESPONSE (return code 2): The server could not be contacted. This might indicate that the server is not running, there is something wrong with the given connection parameters (for example, wrong port number), or there...
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