diff --git a/doc/repmgr-standby-switchover.sgml b/doc/repmgr-standby-switchover.sgml index ed5ad0df..5548626a 100644 --- a/doc/repmgr-standby-switchover.sgml +++ b/doc/repmgr-standby-switchover.sgml @@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ passwordless SSH connection to the current primary. - If other standbys are connected to the demotion candidate, &repmgr; can instruct + If other nodes are connected to the demotion candidate, &repmgr; can instruct these to follow the new primary if the option --siblings-follow is specified. This requires a passwordless SSH connection between the promotion - candidate (new primary) and the standbys attached to the demotion candidate + candidate (new primary) and the nodes attached to the demotion candidate (existing primary). @@ -150,7 +150,11 @@ - Have standbys attached to the old primary follow the new primary. + Have nodes attached to the old primary follow the new primary. + + + This will also ensure that a witness node, if in use, is updated + with the new primary's data. diff --git a/doc/switchover.sgml b/doc/switchover.sgml index 894c03db..4c0e71cb 100644 --- a/doc/switchover.sgml +++ b/doc/switchover.sgml @@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ Ensure that a passwordless SSH connection is possible from the promotion candidate (standby) to the demotion candidate (current primary). If --siblings-follow will be used, ensure that passwordless SSH connections are possible from the - promotion candidate to all standbys attached to the demotion candidate. + promotion candidate to all nodes attached to the demotion candidate + (including the witness server, if in use). diff --git a/repmgr-action-standby.c b/repmgr-action-standby.c index a9651b60..9b3a4b2b 100644 --- a/repmgr-action-standby.c +++ b/repmgr-action-standby.c @@ -3561,9 +3561,26 @@ do_standby_switchover(void) { if (sibling_nodes.node_count > 0) { + PQExpBufferData nodes; + NodeInfoListCell *cell; + + initPQExpBuffer(&nodes); + + for (cell = sibling_nodes.head; cell; cell = cell->next) + { + appendPQExpBuffer(&nodes, + " %s (node ID: %i)", + cell->node_info->node_name, + cell->node_info->node_id); + if (cell->next) + appendPQExpBufferStr(&nodes, "\n"); + } + log_warning(_("%i sibling nodes found, but option \"--siblings-follow\" not specified"), sibling_nodes.node_count); - log_detail(_("these nodes will remain attached to the current primary")); + log_detail(_("these nodes will remain attached to the current primary:\n%s"), nodes.data); + + termPQExpBuffer(&nodes); } } else