Hi,
I am attempting to use the WAL archiving on a Solaris machine, running PostgreSQL 8.1.4. The archive_command specified in the postgresql.conf file does not get executed, nor do I see any log entries showing errors etc. What am I doing wrong here? Here is the relevant fragment of my conf file: fsync = on # turns forced synchronization on or off wal_sync_method = fsync # the default is the first option # supported by the operating system: # open_datasync # fdatasync # fsync # fsync_writethrough # open_sync #full_page_writes = on # recover from partial page writes #wal_buffers = 8 # min 4, 8KB each #commit_delay = 0 # range 0-100000, in microseconds #commit_siblings = 5 # range 1-1000 # - Checkpoints - checkpoint_segments = 1 # in logfile segments, min 1, 16MB each checkpoint_timeout = 30 # range 30-3600, in second checkpoint_warning = 5 # in seconds, 0 is off # - Archiving - archive_command = 'touch /var/lib/pgsql/bkp/myfile' Here is my log entry for the duration of the test: FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command LOG: shutting down LOG: database system is shut down LOG: database system was shut down at 2007-06-19 07:48:03 EDT LOG: checkpoint record is at 0/899E68 LOG: redo record is at 0/899E68; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown TRUE LOG: next transaction ID: 2445; next OID: 16399 LOG: next MultiXactId: 1; next MultiXactOffset: 0 LOG: database system is ready LOG: transaction ID wrap limit is 2147484146, limited by database "postgres" Thanks in advance, ~george